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GOLDEN MEAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The middle between extremes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("golden mean" is a kind of...):
moderateness; moderation (quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long : (short + long)
Synonyms:
golden mean; golden section
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("golden mean" is a kind of...):
proportion (the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole)
