aspect ratio
nounDefinition 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
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In technical terms, the past has a 1.77 aspect ratio and the present appears in 2.22, Netflix confirmed to Refinery29. — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, "Here Is Your New Trick To Recognizing A 13 Reasons Why Flashback," 24 Aug. 2019 Shooting in the nearly square Academy aspect ratio, Kent and her cinematographer, Radek Ladczuk, turn human faces into landscapes of pain. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Review: ‘The Nightingale’ is a brilliant, horrifying tale of revenge," 15 Aug. 2019 Shooting in the nearly square Academy aspect ratio, Kent and her cinematographer, Radek Ladczuk, turn human faces into landscapes of pain. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: Jennifer Kent’s ‘The Nightingale’ is a brilliant, horrifying tale of revenge," 1 Aug. 2019 Copious demerits to Scary Stories, however, for setting a scene at a drive-in showing Night of the Living Dead (1968) and reformatting that film's 1.37 aspect ratio to a modern-era friendly 1.78. — Keith Uhlich, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark': Film Review," 8 Aug. 2019 It was shot entirely on black-and-white 35mm film, with the same square frame and aspect ratio (1.19:1) favored by early pioneering filmmakers like Fritz Lang and G.W. Pabst. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "First trailer for The Lighthouse evokes early films from a bygone age," 30 July 2019 IHS Markit, a market research firm, now claims that Microsoft’s foldable dual-screen Surface will have two 9-inch displays with a 4:3 aspect ratio. — Tom Warren, The Verge, "Microsoft’s secret dual-screen Surface might run Android apps," 24 June 2019 The increase of width and decrease of diameters changes the aspect ratio of the tire, allowing for more grip with stiffness, Adams says. — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, "Gaining Speed: A History of the Indy 500 Racing Tire," 24 May 2019 Both efforts depart from screenplays by Catherine May Levin and feature 4:3 aspect ratio as preferred visual format. — Carlos Aguilar, latimes.com, "Review: ‘Mad?’ explores a woman’s psych-ward struggle with experimental verve," 20 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'aspect ratio.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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