aspect ratio
noun
: 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
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Such old-style trickery is, so to speak, nothing new; for some self-regarding auteurs, twiddling with aspect ratios has become a formalist signature.
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
Yet this tirelessly inventive filmmaker keeps throwing in different aspect ratios and film stocks, some of which resemble home movies and others that bring to mind old 16mm prints passed around back in the day.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2024
Thankfully, the new aspect ratio of the inner display will also impact on the space available for the cover display, which is now expected to be closer to the standard size expected by many.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
But literally millions of apps are optimized to work with screens of roughly the same size and aspect ratios.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 24 Feb. 2024
The Pro display is the usual 120 Hz, 6.7-inch OLED, but the aspect ratio is tweaked a bit to 20:9 (the 7 Pro is 19.5:9).
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2023
One of the more nuanced nods is the particularly wide aspect ratio.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2023
Next up in the lineup is the Odyssey OLED G8, a flat 32-inch 4K monitor with a 16:9 aspect ratio and a 240Hz refresh rate.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 3 Jan. 2024
Thin bezels surround the 16:10 aspect ratio screen, and a slight bump at the top houses the webcam, which has a privacy toggle (the F9 key) instead of Lenovo's usual sliding shutter.
—Eric Grevstad, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2024
Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
Yet this tirelessly inventive filmmaker keeps throwing in different aspect ratios and film stocks, some of which resemble home movies and others that bring to mind old 16mm prints passed around back in the day.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2024
Thankfully, the new aspect ratio of the inner display will also impact on the space available for the cover display, which is now expected to be closer to the standard size expected by many.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
But literally millions of apps are optimized to work with screens of roughly the same size and aspect ratios.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 24 Feb. 2024
The Pro display is the usual 120 Hz, 6.7-inch OLED, but the aspect ratio is tweaked a bit to 20:9 (the 7 Pro is 19.5:9).
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2023
One of the more nuanced nods is the particularly wide aspect ratio.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2023
Next up in the lineup is the Odyssey OLED G8, a flat 32-inch 4K monitor with a 16:9 aspect ratio and a 240Hz refresh rate.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 3 Jan. 2024
Thin bezels surround the 16:10 aspect ratio screen, and a slight bump at the top houses the webcam, which has a privacy toggle (the F9 key) instead of Lenovo's usual sliding shutter.
—Eric Grevstad, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2024
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First Known Use
1907, in the meaning defined above
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aspect ratio
noun
: a comparison of one dimension (as width) to another (as height)
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