aspect ratio

English

Noun

Examples (flat surface)
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

aspect ratio (plural aspect ratios)

1. The ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension.
2. 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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 縱橫比／纵横比 (zònghéngbǐ), 長寬比／长宽比 (chángkuānbǐ), 比例 (zh) (bǐlì)

• Dutch: aspectverhouding f
• French: ratio d’aspect (fr) m
• German: Aspektverhältnis n, Längenverhältnis n, Seitenverhältnis n,
• Greek: λόγος διαστάσεων m (lógos diastáseon)
• Japanese: 縦横比 (たてよこひ, tateyokohi)
• Russian: коэффицие́нт сжа́тия m (koefficijént sžátija)
• Spanish: cociente de aspecto m

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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• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} النِّسْبَة الْبَاعِيَّة f (al-nisba l-bāʕiyya)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} allungamento (it) m
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 종횡비 (jonghoengbi)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} allongamentum n

See also

• letterbox
• pan and scan
• widescreen

Further reading

• aspect ratio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• aspect ratio (image) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• display aspect ratio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia