🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

宽高比

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kuā gāo bǐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Aspect Ratio/ˈæs.pɛkt ˈreɪ.ʃi.oʊ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这张照片的宽高比是四比三。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The proportional relationship between an object's width and its height.

    "The standard widescreen video aspect-ratio is 16:9."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'aspect' derived from the Latin aspectus (meaning 'sight' or 'look', from specere 'to look'), and 'ratio' derived from the Latin ratio (meaning 'calculation', 'reason', or 'proportion', from reor 'to calculate'). It entered technical vocabulary in the mid-20th century, initially in aerodynamics to describe aircraft wing dimensions, and later expanded into photography, film, and digital display technologies.

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