Definition of Aspect ratio

1. Noun. The ratio of the width to the height of a tv picture.

Generic synonyms: Ratio

Definition of Aspect ratio

1. Noun. The ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension. ¹

2. Noun. 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Aspect ratio

1. In toroidal geometry, the ratio of the major diameter (total width of the torus) to the minor diameter (width of a slice taken through one side of the ring). In inertial-confinement fusion, aspect ratio refers to the ratio of a fuel pellet's radius to its wall thickness. (09 Oct 1997)

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Literary usage of Aspect ratio

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Practical Aeronautics: An Understandable Presentation of Interesting and by Charles Brian Hayward (1912)
"aspect ratio. "aspect ratio" is the term commonly employed to indicate the ... aspect ratio of Planes If each of the three surfaces shown, A, B, and C, ..."

2. The Design of Aeroplanes by Arthur William Judge (1916)
"That the angles of zero lift occur earlier as the aspect ratio becomes smaller. 2. That at the angles of maximum lift/drift the lift coefficients are only ..."

3. Monoplanes and Biplanes, Their Design, Construction and Operation: Their by Grover Cleveland Loening (1911)
"The Paulhan biplane has the highest aspect ratio of the present types, and exhibits remarkably good qualities. Theoretically and experimentally the value of ..."

4. The Dynamics of the Airplane by Kenneth Powers Williams (1921)
"aspect ratio.—It was stated above that the quantity K in the fundamental equation for the pressure was constant for planes geometrically similar. ..."

5. Aerodynamics: Constituting the First Volume of a Complete Work on Aerial Flight by Frederick William Lanchester (1907)
"On the Plan-form of the Aerofoil: aspect ratio.—In the experiments of Professor Langley and others, planes of long, narrow plan-form, in pterygoid aspect, ..."

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