golden meann.

Brit.

/ˌɡəʊld(ə)n ˈmiːn/, U.S.

/ˌɡoʊld(ə)n ˈmin/

Forms: see golden adj. and n. and mean n.³

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: golden adj., mean n.³

Etymology: < golden adj. + mean n.³, after classical Latin aurea mediocritās (Horace Odes 2. 10. 5).In sense 2 after golden section n. at golden adj. and n. Compounds 2b.

1. Chiefly with the. The desirable middle ground between two extremes, (originally) esp. that between extremes of behaviour or emotion. Cf. happy medium n. at happy adj. and n. Compounds 3.The concept is sometimes associated with Aristotle (see note at mean n.³ 7a).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] > middle course

middle way?c1225

midwayc1451

golden mean1541

middle course1579

mid-course1603

middle path1606

third way1638

midstream1670

middle line1692

middle road1759

mid-ground1825

juste milieu1831

via media1834

middle ground1961

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxxiv. f. 78 He being fully content with the golden mean, liued right honestly.

1580 J. Stockwood tr. T. de Bèze Shorte Treat. Plague sig. ¶5^v In this short treatise are godly and learnedly confuted both the reasons of the one side and of the other, and withall set downe a golden meane which euery one..may without the breache eyther of godlynesse and charitie, safely fololwe [sic].

1610 J. Sanford tr. P. Du Moulin Def. Catholicke Faith i. v. 64 The faithfull Pastor..shall keepe that golden meane which is betweene flattery and sedition.

1694 tr. G. P. Marana Lett. Turkish Spy VIII. i. 62 He that is Master of his Reason, need not fall into either Extreme, to be always a grinning like Democritus, or howling with Heraclitus. Resignation and Tranquility are the Golden Mean.

1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xv. 80 Who love too much, hate in the like extream, and both the golden Mean alike condemn.

1794 H. Boyd Indian Observ. No. 32. 240 The golden mean..is..more easily attainable by us middle aged people, who with sufficient experience to avoid mad good-nature on the one hand, may yet have philanthropy enough left to steer clear of mean self-love on the other.

1843 R. W. Emerson Transcendentalist in Dial Jan. 311 The Beautiful..appears to us the golden mean, escaping the dowdiness of the good, and the heartlessness of the true.

1881 Macmillan's Mag. 45 41 You must hit off exactly the golden mean between overfeeding and underfeeding.

1965 Listener 23 Sept. 449/2 There they [sc. the Greeks] learned morality and conduct; the virtues of nobility and the golden mean and the menace of hubris.

2017 DNA (Nexis) 13 Mar. A high dose of alcohol reduced women's arousal levels, while a moderate dose had no effect. Common consensus is that two drinks is the golden mean.

2. The ratio of a larger to a smaller quantity when this is the same as the ratio of their sum to the larger of the two quantities; = golden ratio n. at golden adj. and n. Compounds 2b. Also: the division of a straight line or rectangle into two parts so that the ratio of the whole to the larger part is the same as the ratio of the larger part to the smaller; golden section n. at golden adj. and n. Compounds 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > [noun] > which divides or intersects > proportion resulting from

medial section1820

golden section1863

golden mean1910

1910 W. E. Breckenridge et al. Shop Probl. Math. xv. 211 It is a principle of art that the nearer the proportions of an article approximate 3:2, the ratio of the golden mean, the more beautiful the article is.

1945 Burlington Mag. Jan. 7/1 Various people have tried to prove..that the ‘golden mean’, in which Italian artists believed, was applied here by Franciscus Florentinus.

2006 A. Kuczynski Beauty Junkies vi. 106 This ratio—also referred to as the golden mean or the divine proportion—is used to build what are referred to as golden shapes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	golden mean
释义	golden meann. Brit. /ˌɡəʊld(ə)n ˈmiːn/, U.S. /ˌɡoʊld(ə)n ˈmin/ Forms: see golden adj. and n. and mean n.³ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: golden adj., mean n.³ Etymology: < golden adj. + mean n.³, after classical Latin aurea mediocritās (Horace Odes 2. 10. 5).In sense 2 after golden section n. at golden adj. and n. Compounds 2b. 1. Chiefly with the. The desirable middle ground between two extremes, (originally) esp. that between extremes of behaviour or emotion. Cf. happy medium n. at happy adj. and n. Compounds 3.The concept is sometimes associated with Aristotle (see note at mean n.³ 7a). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] > middle course middle way?c1225 midwayc1451 golden mean1541 middle course1579 mid-course1603 middle path1606 third way1638 midstream1670 middle line1692 middle road1759 mid-ground1825 juste milieu1831 via media1834 middle ground1961 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxxiv. f. 78 He being fully content with the golden mean, liued right honestly. 1580 J. Stockwood tr. T. de Bèze Shorte Treat. Plague sig. ¶5^v In this short treatise are godly and learnedly confuted both the reasons of the one side and of the other, and withall set downe a golden meane which euery one..may without the breache eyther of godlynesse and charitie, safely fololwe [sic]. 1610 J. Sanford tr. P. Du Moulin Def. Catholicke Faith i. v. 64 The faithfull Pastor..shall keepe that golden meane which is betweene flattery and sedition. 1694 tr. G. P. Marana Lett. Turkish Spy VIII. i. 62 He that is Master of his Reason, need not fall into either Extreme, to be always a grinning like Democritus, or howling with Heraclitus. Resignation and Tranquility are the Golden Mean. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xv. 80 Who love too much, hate in the like extream, and both the golden Mean alike condemn. 1794 H. Boyd Indian Observ. No. 32. 240 The golden mean..is..more easily attainable by us middle aged people, who with sufficient experience to avoid mad good-nature on the one hand, may yet have philanthropy enough left to steer clear of mean self-love on the other. 1843 R. W. Emerson Transcendentalist in Dial Jan. 311 The Beautiful..appears to us the golden mean, escaping the dowdiness of the good, and the heartlessness of the true. 1881 Macmillan's Mag. 45 41 You must hit off exactly the golden mean between overfeeding and underfeeding. 1965 Listener 23 Sept. 449/2 There they [sc. the Greeks] learned morality and conduct; the virtues of nobility and the golden mean and the menace of hubris. 2017 DNA (Nexis) 13 Mar. A high dose of alcohol reduced women's arousal levels, while a moderate dose had no effect. Common consensus is that two drinks is the golden mean. 2. The ratio of a larger to a smaller quantity when this is the same as the ratio of their sum to the larger of the two quantities; = golden ratio n. at golden adj. and n. Compounds 2b. Also: the division of a straight line or rectangle into two parts so that the ratio of the whole to the larger part is the same as the ratio of the larger part to the smaller; golden section n. at golden adj. and n. Compounds 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > [noun] > which divides or intersects > proportion resulting from medial section1820 golden section1863 golden mean1910 1910 W. E. Breckenridge et al. Shop Probl. Math. xv. 211 It is a principle of art that the nearer the proportions of an article approximate 3:2, the ratio of the golden mean, the more beautiful the article is. 1945 Burlington Mag. Jan. 7/1 Various people have tried to prove..that the ‘golden mean’, in which Italian artists believed, was applied here by Franciscus Florentinus. 2006 A. Kuczynski Beauty Junkies vi. 106 This ratio—also referred to as the golden mean or the divine proportion—is used to build what are referred to as golden shapes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1541
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