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aspect ratio
[as-pekt rey-shoh, rey--shee-oh]
noun
Aeronautics.the ratio of the span of an airfoil to its mean chord.
Digital Technology, Television.the ratio of the width of an image to its height, usually a standard ratio such as 16 to 9 or 4 to 3.
Naval Architecture.the ratio of the height of a rudder to its fore-and-aft length.
Rocketry.
Also called fineness ratio.Also called slenderness ratio.the ratio of the mean diameter of the body of a rocket or missile to its length.
the ratio of the length of the combustion chamber of a rocket motor to its diameter.
aspect ratio
noun
the ratio of width to height of the picture on a television or cinema screen
aeronautics the ratio of the span of a wing to its mean chord
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of aspect ratio1
Example Sentences
Filmed in a boxy aspect ratio that visually imprisons her in her circumstances, the movie uses tracking shots as hints into its character’s mindset.
People think, “Oh it’s just bigger or there’s more sound,” but the aspect ratio actually changes from scene to scene and it really impacts your viewing experience.
By measuring the aspect ratio -- the ratio of length to width -- they found that the anemone returned to its pre-injury proportions.
These are flashbacks lifted straight from the original telenovela, with Orozco’s youthful voice guiding us through the shift in aspect ratios that bridge the past and the present.
Since Cootie is so tall, everybody was like, “We should not do that wide aspect ratio.”
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