aspect ratio

English

Noun

Examples (flat surface)
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

aspect ratio (plural aspect ratios)

The ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension.
The ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction, such as an image, character, or pixel.

Translations

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

Chinese:
Mandarin: 縱橫比 / 纵横比 (zònghéngbǐ), 長寬比 / 长宽比 (chángkuānbǐ), 比例 (zh) (bǐlì)
Dutch: aspectverhouding f
French: ratio d’aspect (fr) m
German: Aspektverhältnis n, Längenverhältnis n, Seitenverhältnis n,
Greek: λόγος διαστάσεων m (lógos diastáseon)
Japanese: 縦横比 (たてよこひ, tateyokohi)
Russian: коэффицие́нт сжа́тия m (koefficijént sžátija)
Spanish: cociente de aspecto m, ratio de aspecto m

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

Chinese:
Mandarin: 縱橫比 / 纵横比 (zònghéngbǐ), 寬高比 / 宽高比 (kuāngāobǐ)
Dutch: aspectverhouding f
Finnish: kuvasuhde (fi) (image, screen etc.); sivusuhde (general object)
French: facteur de forme (fr) m, rapport de forme (fr) m
German: Bildformat n (photo), Bildseitenformat n (screen), Bildseitenverhältnis n (screen), Format (de) n, Zuschnitt (de) m
Greek: λόγος διαστάσεων m (lógos diastáseon)
Japanese: 縦横比 (たてよこひ, tateyokohi), アスペクト比 (アスペクトひ, asupekuto-hi)
Russian: коэффицие́нт пропорциона́льности m (koefficijént proporcionálʹnosti)
Swedish: bildformat n

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Arabic: ^{(please verify)} النِّسْبَة الْبَاعِيَّة f (al-nisba l-bāʕiyya)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} allungamento (it) m
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 종횡비 (jonghoengbi)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} allongamentum n

aspect ratio

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