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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The width-to-height ratio of an image or of the area used to display an image. Most widescreen televisions have an aspect ratio of 16:9.
- noun The span-to-mean-chord ratio of an airfoil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Aëronautics) The ratio of the long to the short side of an aëroplane, aërocurve, or wing.
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- noun The ratio of an object's longest
dimension to its next-longest dimension. - noun The ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction, such as an
image ,character , orpixel . 4:3 (or 1.33:1) is the standard ratio forNTSC video . 1.85:1 and 2.35:1 are the most common aspect ratios formotion pictures .
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- noun the ratio of the width to the height of a tv picture
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hernesheir commented on the word aspect ratio
(n): in filmography, the proportions of the frame. In 16mm and 35mm the camera photographs a slightly square image, with an aspect ratio of 1.33 to 1. In 35mm the image is usually shot with the Academy Aperture and then masked in the projector to produce a wider image: 1.85 in the U.S. and 1.66 in Europe.
January 17, 2009