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English
Noun
| Examples (flat surface)
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- 4:3 (or 1.33:1) is the standard ratio for NTSC video
- 1.85:1 and 2.35:1 are the most common aspect ratios for motion pictures
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aspect ratio (plural aspect ratios)
- The ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension.
- The ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction, such as an image, character, or pixel.
Translations
the ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension
the ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 縱橫比／纵横比 (zònghéngbǐ), 寬高比／宽高比 (kuāngāobǐ)
- Dutch: aspectverhouding f
- Finnish: kuvasuhde (fi) (image, screen etc.); sivusuhde (general object)
- French: facteur de forme (fr) m, rapport de forme (fr) m
- German: Bildformat n (photo), Bildseitenformat n (screen), Bildseitenverhältnis n (screen), Format (de) n, Zuschnitt (de) m
- Greek: λόγος διαστάσεων m (lógos diastáseon)
- Japanese: 縦横比 (たてよこひ, tateyokohi), アスペクト比 (アスペクトひ, asupekuto-hi)
- Russian: коэффицие́нт пропорциона́льности m (koefficijént proporcionálʹnosti)
- Swedish: bildformat n
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