golden ratio
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Proportions—think of the golden ratio and its kindred—are the bedrock of our reality, found in everything from music to the structure of the cosmos.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2023
One fan even traced the golden ratio, a mathematical principle critical to Renaissance artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, onto a screen grab of the wrenching moment among the Roys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2021
A: Windows look better when they’re in the golden ratio: about 3-by-5-feet.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 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
To add insult to injury, the Pythagoreans soon discovered that the golden ratio, the ultimate Pythagorean symbol of beauly and rationality, was an irrational number.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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