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Golden mean

//ˈɡoʊl.dən ˈmiːn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A position of balance between excess and deficiency. idiomatic

    "He who chooses the golden mean safely avoids both the hovel and the palace"

  2. 2
    the middle between extremes wordnet
  3. 3
    the proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long : (short + long) wordnet

Etymology

Calque of Latin aurea mediocritās.

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