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golden section
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Definition of GOLDEN SECTION
: a proportion (as one involving a line divided into two segments or the length and width of a rectangle and their sum) in which the ratio of the whole to the larger part is the same as the ratio of the larger part to the smaller
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First Known Use of GOLDEN SECTION
1875
Rhymes with GOLDEN SECTION
by-election, circumspection, conic section, disaffection, disconnection, disinfection, fuel injection, genuflection, imperfection, indirection, insurrection, intellection, interjection, intersection, introjection, introspection, kin selection, misdirection, predilection, preselection, recollection, redirection, reelection, reinfection, resurrection, retroflexion, retrospection, self-reflection, stage direction, vivisection, yeast infection
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