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- Aeronautics. the ratio of the span of an airfoil to its mean chord.
- Digital Technology, Television. the ratio of the width of an image to its height, usually a standard ratio such as 16 to 9 or 4 to 3.
- Naval Architecture. the ratio of the height of a rudder to its fore-and-aft length.
- Rocketry.
- Also called fineness ratio, slenderness ratio.the ratio of the mean diameter of the body of a rocket or missile to its length.
- the ratio of the length of the combustion chamber of a rocket motor to its diameter.
noun
- the ratio of width to height of the picture on a television or cinema screen
- aeronautics the ratio of the span of a wing to its mean chord