How to Use golden ratio in a Sentence

golden ratio

noun
  • The golden ratio, meanwhile, can be written as one-half of the sum of 1 plus the square root of 5.
    — Elizabeth Landau, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2020
  • The bottle itself is a work of art; its square base and rounded shoulders were crafted using the golden ratio.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 13 June 2024
  • So this special series of numbers is closely related to the golden ratio.
    — Alan Lightman, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2022
  • As the staircase ascended, the steps became smaller and smaller, the top of the staircase crushing up against the golden ratio.
    — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Wright’s character is a graphic designer who delights in the fact that his son shares his enthusiasm for the golden ratio.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 May 2021
  • Famously, the Lange 1 uses the golden ratio and the related rule of thirds to arrange its dial.
    — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
  • My golden ratio for a purposeful vinaigrette is two parts oil to one part vinegar or citrus juice (a little zingier than the more traditional three-to-one).
    — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appétit, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The watch’s features therefore include elements nodding to the golden ratio, on the physical watch and its digital watch faces.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Its sacred geometry, at once dense and airy, reflects the golden ratio, also called the divine proportion, found in nature.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
  • School officials interviewed three former students who were in class during the golden ratio incident.
    — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Some commentators claim that Leonardo positioned the navel to divide the man’s height according to the golden ratio.
    — Steven Strogatz, New York Times, 16 June 2025
  • The movement of the Lange 1 was designed from the ground-up to place the dial elements precisely in accordance with the golden ratio.
    — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Making matters worse, the golden ratio is another irrational number!
    — Steven Salzberg, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Nature mimics helixes and the golden ratio is influenced by the sun and gravity because everything grows towards the sun.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Neither the golden ratio nor the Fibonacci numbers has any apparent relationship to the problem of fitting a shape inside a ball.
    — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The golden calf, the golden fleece, the golden ratio, the golden hour, the golden goose—anything gold is profoundly desirable, sometimes driving its seekers to ruin or madness.
    — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
  • Embodying her fascination with mathematics in nature, structure and beauty, the form is based on the spiral of sunflower seeds, which follow the golden ratio.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 17 June 2024
  • Just like the golden ratio for the earlier inequality, setting α equal to √2 prevents a better approximation result.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 19 June 2026
  • Automatic watches are offered in the 33mm diameter inspired by the golden ratio principles of design.
    — Roberta Naas, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • According to Reichman, the golden ratio has been an inspiration for the design team at Aston Martin to create cars based on both form and function.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The sequence is closely associated with the golden ratio, a mathematical relationship that is closely linked with compositions across nature and art.
    — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Almost—the Cybertruck somehow manages to look worse in real life than in pictures; the confluence of angles where its various steel body panels fit together somehow serves to prove the exception to the rule that is the golden ratio.
    — Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025
  • One fan even traced the golden ratio, a mathematical principle critical to Renaissance artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, onto a screen grab of the wrenching moment among the Roys.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The harmonious nature of the Lange 1 really stems from the golden ratio, which defines the rule of thirds, which graphic artists use to compose pleasing pictures, and which Lange used to compose the dial of the Lange 1 watch.
    — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The handiwork of Royal Huisman, the blue 192-footer was named after a mathematical concept known as the golden ratio, which is said to reflect natural order and beauty.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Reviews are quick to point out Z16’s stylish, sleek and sophisticated design, which MSI says is inspired by the golden ratio, a mathematical formula describing proportions considered aesthetically pleasing by artists and architects.
    — Karen Idelson, Variety, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Lagrange Numbers as a Measure of Irrationality At the end of the 19th century mathematician Andrey Markov took another pass at this challenge by omitting the golden ratio and focusing on the remaining irrational values.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 19 June 2026

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