aspect ratio

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Definition of aspect ratio

: a ratio of one dimension to another: such as

a : the ratio of span to mean chord of an airfoil

b : the ratio of the width of a television or motion-picture image to its height

Examples of aspect ratio in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web To be honest, the complaints about the aspect ratio mostly just seems overblown to me. — Mark Hughes, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2021 All of that hardware powers a gorgeous 3,000 x 2,000 display in the 3:2 aspect ratio, which is great for browsing vertical webpages, reading lengthy documents, and for opening up additional tracks in audio and video editing. — Jon Martindale, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021 The scenes have been specially formatted to show up to 26% more of the image on the screen at a 1.90:1 aspect ratio. — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 14 June 2021 The lab found that by mirroring or rotating an image; changing the aspect ratio of an image, such as by stretching the image to be wider or taller; or blurring a photo can effectively help an image escape WeChat’s censorship algorithm. — Jane Li, Quartz, 26 May 2021 Ansari, who directed all five episodes and co-wrote them with Waithe, shifts the show’s aspect ratio to tighten its frame, as if the walls around his characters are closing in. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 26 May 2021 On the outside is a 6.5-inch display, in an unusually tall/narrow aspect ratio of 27:9. — Ben Sin, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021 This is a movie that makes a tight aspect ratio feel like a noose around its main character’s neck. — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2021 Either way, according to the Nikkei report, the goal is to create a device that folds out into a screen that is friendlier to the layout of existing apps, in a 16:9 or 18.9 aspect ratio. — Dwight Silverman, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021

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