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
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Soon, Bing’s Video Creator will be available on desktop and support the 16:9 landscape aspect ratio as well.
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Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 5 June 2025
Each section takes on different styles, tones, and aspect ratios, becoming a Whitman’s sampler of Anderson iconography that will delight his most fervent admirers, but likely infuriate those who wrote him off long ago.
—Shannon Carlin, Time, 30 May 2025
Choose a 9:16 or 16:9 aspect ratio for portrait or landscape, then hit start.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 30 May 2025
Almost every camera supports cropped aspect ratios via a menu setting, but Fuji actually puts a hard dial on the GFX100RF to change between them.
—Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 20 Mar. 2025
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Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 5 June 2025
Each section takes on different styles, tones, and aspect ratios, becoming a Whitman’s sampler of Anderson iconography that will delight his most fervent admirers, but likely infuriate those who wrote him off long ago.
—Shannon Carlin, Time, 30 May 2025
Choose a 9:16 or 16:9 aspect ratio for portrait or landscape, then hit start.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 30 May 2025
Almost every camera supports cropped aspect ratios via a menu setting, but Fuji actually puts a hard dial on the GFX100RF to change between them.
—Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for aspect ratio
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“Aspect ratio.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aspect%20ratio. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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