aspect ratio

English

Etymology

aspect + ratio

Noun

aspect ratio (plural aspect ratios)

1. The ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension.
2. The ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction, such as an image, character, or pixel. 4:3 (or 1.33:1) is the standard ratio for NTSC video. 1.85:1 and 2.35:1 are the most common aspect ratios for motion pictures.

Translations

the ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 縱橫比, simpl. 纵横比 (pinyin: zònghéngbĭ), trad. 長寬比, simpl. 长宽比 (pinyin: chángkuānbĭ), trad. and simpl. 比例 (pinyin: bĭlì)

• Dutch: aspectverhouding (nl) f

• Greek: λόγος διαστάσεων (el) (lógos diastáseon) m
• Japanese: 縦横比 (ja) (たてよこひ, tateyokohi)
• Russian: коэффициент сжатия (ru) (koefficiént sžátija) m

the ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 縱橫比, simpl. 纵横比 (pinyin: zònghéngbĭ), trad. 寬高比, simpl. 宽高比 (pinyin: kuān'gāobĭ)

• Dutch: aspectverhouding (nl) f
• Finnish: kuvasuhde (fi)

• Greek: λόγος διαστάσεων (el) (lógos diastáseon) m
• Japanese: 縦横比 (ja) (たてよこひ, tateyokohi), アスペクト比 (ja) (アスペクトひ, asupekuto-hi)
• Russian: коэффициент пропорциональности (ru) (koefficiént proporcionálʹnosti) m

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: النسبة الباعية f
• French: allongement m
• German: Längenverhältnis, Seitenverhältnis, Bildseitenformat
• Italian: allungamento m

• Korean: 종횡비 (jonghoengbi)
• Latin: allongamentum n
• Spanish: cociente de aspecto m
• Swedish: bildformat

See also

• letterbox
• pan and scan
• widescreen

External links

• Aspect ratio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia