Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
Rapporto Aureo
English translation:
the Golden Section
Italian term
Rapporto Aureo
| 4 +1 | the Golden Section |
Tom in London
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| 4 +3 | the Golden Ratio |
Oliver Lawrence
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| 4 +1 | the Golden Mean |
claudiocambon
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Oct 16, 2009 12:28: Kate Chaffer changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): Ivana UK, claudiocambon, Kate Chaffer
Non-PRO (1): Mirra_
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Architecture, design, technical, etc.
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Italian to English
the Golden Section
Italy
Texts with zest by a Chartered Linguist
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK)
Works in: Italian to English, English
the Golden Ratio
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lsadoch
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| agree |
philgoddard
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| agree |
Daniel Frisano
: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio
2 days 21 hrs
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United States
Native in: Italian 
, English
Works in: Italian to English, French to English, German to English, and 2 more.
the Golden Mean
| agree |
philgoddard
: I would have agreed with the first answerer and just said älso known as..."
6 hrs
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Reference comments
All the proposed translations are correct so
n mathematics and the arts, two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio of the sum of the quantities to the larger quantity is equal to (=) the ratio of the larger quantity to the smaller one. The golden ratio is an irrational mathematical constant, approximately 1.6180339887.[1] Other names frequently used for the golden ratio are the golden section (Latin: sectio aurea) and golden mean.[2][3][4] Other terms encountered include extreme and mean ratio,[5] medial section, divine proportion, divine section (Latin: sectio divina), golden proportion, golden cut,[6] golden number, and mean of Phidias.[7][8][9] The golden ratio is often denoted by the Greek letter phi, usually lower case (φ).
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