aspect ratio
noun
: 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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The Half is pocket-sized, has an optical viewfinder, snaps pics in a social-friendly vertical 3:4 aspect ratio, and includes a baker's dozen Film Simulation profiles to give pictures an analog look.
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Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 22 May 2025
The production also played around with aspect ratio, using it as a way to signal Death’s arrival and exit.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
The sidebar will close with a brand-new 4K restoration of Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon, presenting in the film’s photographed aspect ratio of 1.66:1, as specified in a December 8, 1975, letter from Kubrick to projectionists.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 May 2025
Filmed in a boxy aspect ratio that visually imprisons her in her circumstances, the movie uses tracking shots as hints into its character’s mindset.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
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Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 22 May 2025
The production also played around with aspect ratio, using it as a way to signal Death’s arrival and exit.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
The sidebar will close with a brand-new 4K restoration of Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon, presenting in the film’s photographed aspect ratio of 1.66:1, as specified in a December 8, 1975, letter from Kubrick to projectionists.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 May 2025
Filmed in a boxy aspect ratio that visually imprisons her in her circumstances, the movie uses tracking shots as hints into its character’s mindset.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
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“Aspect ratio.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aspect%20ratio. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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