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golden ratio

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noun

Φ. the ratio of two lengths, equal in value to (1 + √5)/2, and given by b / a = ( b + a )/ b ; it is the reciprocal of the golden section and also equal to (1 + golden section) Compare golden section

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This new combination is why the portfolio version of the golden ratio was developed in the first place.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

In a similar way, the golden ratio φ can be constructed geometrically, as can many other irrational values.

From Scientific American ● May 23, 2023

Like the “Succession” scene in question, countless images that the online masses have dubbed Renaissance in style have had the golden ratio superimposed upon them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2021

The spiral pattern on the broccoli exhibits the golden ratio, in that each small bud that grows outward from the main one has the same size ratio with its predecessor, specifically the Golden Ratio.

From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2021

The golden ratio was favored by artists and nature alike and seemed to prove the Pythagorean assertion that music, beauty, architecture, nature, and the very construction of the cosmos were all intertwined and inseparable.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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