The proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long : (short + long).

synonym: golden section.

Roget 736: moderate circumstances, average circumstances; respectability; middle classes; mediocrity; golden mean etc. (mid-course) 628, (moderation) 174.   

Roget 29: mean, average; median, mode; balance, medium, mediocrity, generality; golden mean etc. (mid-course) 628; middle etc. 68; compromise etc. 774; middle course, middle state; neutrality.    mediocrity, least common denominator.    ... show more

Roget 174: moderation, lenity etc. 740; temperateness, gentleness etc. adj.; sobriety; quiet; mental calmness etc. (inexcitability) 826^†.    moderating etc. v.; anaphrodisia^†; relaxation, remission, mitigation, tranquilization^†, assuagement, contemporation^†, pacification.    measure, juste milieu [Fr.], golden mean, ariston metron [Gr.].    moderator; lullaby, sedative, lenitive, demulcent, antispasmodic, carminative, laudanum; rose water, balm, poppy, opiate, anodyne, milk, opium, poppy or mandragora;" wet blanket; palliative.    ... show more

Roget 628: middle course, midcourse; mean etc. 29; middle etc. 68; juste milieu [Fr.], mezzo termine [It], golden mean, ariston metron [Gr.], aurea mediocritas [Lat.].    straight etc. (direct) 278, straight course, straight path; short cut, cross cut; great circle sailing.    neutrality; half measure, half and half measures; compromise.    ... show more

The middle between extremes.

Polish: złoty środek