aspect ratio

Meanings

nounaspect 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.

Chinese Mandarin 縱橫比 /纵横比, 長寬比 /长宽比

縱橫比 /纵横比 (zònghéngbǐ)the ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension
長寬比 /长宽比 (chángkuānbǐ)the ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension
比例 (bǐlì)the ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension
縱橫比 /纵横比 (zònghéngbǐ)the ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction
寬高比 /宽高比 (kuāngāobǐ)the ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction

Dutch aspectverhouding, aspectverhouding

aspectverhoudingthe ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension
aspectverhoudingthe ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction

Finnish kuvasuhde, sivusuhde

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

French ratio d'aspect, facteur de forme

ratio d'aspectthe ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension
facteur de formethe ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction
rapport de formethe ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction

German Aspektverhältnis, Längenverhältnis

Aspektverhältnisthe ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension
Längenverhältnisthe ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension
Seitenverhältnisthe ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension
Bildformatthe ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction
Bildseitenformatthe ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction
Bildseitenverhältnisthe ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction
Formatthe ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction
Zuschnittthe ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction

Greek λόγος διαστάσεων, λόγος διαστάσεων

λόγος διαστάσεων (lógos diastáseon)the ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension
λόγος διαστάσεων (lógos diastáseon)the ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction

Japanese 縦横比, 縦横比

縦横比 (tateyokohi)the ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension
縦横比 (tateyokohi)the ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction
アスペクト比 (asupekuto-hi)the ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction

Korean 종횡비, 종횡비

종횡비 (jonghoengbi)the ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension
종횡비 (jonghoengbi)the ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction
가로세로비 (garoserobi)the ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction

Polish współczynnik proporcji, współczynnik proporcji

współczynnik proporcjithe ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension
współczynnik proporcjithe ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction

Russian коэффицие́нт сжа́тия, коэффицие́нт пропорциона́льности

коэффицие́нт сжа́тия (koefficijént sžátija)the ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension
коэффицие́нт пропорциона́льности (koefficijént proporcionálʹnosti)the ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction

Spanish cociente de aspecto, ratio de aspecto

cociente de aspectothe ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension
ratio de aspectothe ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension

Swedish bildformat

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

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