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  2. Proportion (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Among the six principles, proportion interrelates and supports all the other factors in geometrical forms and arithmetical ratios. [2] The word symmetria, usually translated to "symmetry" in modern renderings, in ancient times meant something more closely related to "mathematical harmony" [3] and measurable proportions. Vitruvius tried to ...

  3. Canons of page construction - Wikipedia

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    These page proportions based on the golden ratio, are usually described through its convergents such as 2:3, 3:5, 5:8, 8:13, 13:21, 21:34, etc. Tschichold says that common ratios for page proportion used in book design include as 2:3, 1: √ 3, and the golden ratio. The image with circular arcs depicts the proportions in a medieval manuscript ...

  4. Proportion (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    A proportion is a mathematical statement expressing equality of two ratios. [1] [2]: =: a and d are called extremes, b and c are called means. Proportion can be written as =, where ratios are expressed as fractions.

  5. Geometry - Wikipedia

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    Artists have long used concepts of proportion in design. Vitruvius developed a complicated theory of ideal proportions for the human figure. [133] These concepts have been used and adapted by artists from Michelangelo to modern comic book artists. [134] The golden ratio is a particular proportion that has had a controversial role in art. Often ...

  6. Intercept theorem - Wikipedia

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    The intercept theorem, also known as Thales's theorem, basic proportionality theorem or side splitter theorem, is an important theorem in elementary geometry about the ratios of various line segments that are created if two rays with a common starting point are intercepted by a pair of parallels.

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  8. Proportionality - Wikipedia

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    Ratio, of one quantity to another, especially of a part compared to a whole Fraction (mathematics) Aspect ratio or proportions; Proportional division, a kind of fair division; Percentage, a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100

  9. Mathematics and architecture - Wikipedia

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    This gives a ratio of width to length of 4:9, and the same for height to width. Putting these together gives height:width:length of 16:36:81, or to the delight [62] of the Pythagoreans 4 2:6 2:9 2. This sets the module as 0.858 m. A 4:9 rectangle can be constructed as three contiguous rectangles with sides in the ratio 3:4.