the proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long : (short + long)
the middle between extremes
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用作名词 (n.)
A sage once reduced all virtue to the golden mean. 一位圣人曾把所有的美德都归结为中庸之道。
Some studies of the Acropolis, including the Parthenon, conclude that many of its proportions approximate the golden ratio. 一些对于雅典卫城和帕提农神庙的研究表明，它们的很多比例接近黄金分割比。
Le Corbusier explicitly used the golden ratio in his Modulor system for the scale of architectural proportion. 柯布明确的将黄金分割比例用于他的模数体系中作为建筑比例的尺度。
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