Another chance to read Serge Golikov's excellent article on the the often-confusing matter of aspect ratios, letterboxing, and pillarboxing, giving RedShark readers a lesson of cinematic rectangles ... Digital Trends: Will you benefit from the Apple TV’s new 21:9 aspect ratio? ASPECT definition: 1.

Understanding the Context

one part of a situation, problem, subject, etc.: 2. the direction in which a building, window…. Learn more. Since aspectus in Latin means "looked at", an aspect of something is basically the direction from which it's looked at.

Key Insights

So we may say that travel is your favorite aspect of your job, or that eating well is one aspect of a healthy life. In grammar, aspect is the way that a verb group shows whether an activity is continuing, is repeated, or is completed. For example, in 'They were laughing ', the verb is in the progressive aspect and shows that the action was continuing. Definition of aspect noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Final Thoughts

1. appearance to the eye; visual effect: the physical aspect of the landscape. 2. a distinct feature or element in a problem, situation, etc; facet: to consider every aspect of a problem. 3. the way in which a problem, idea, etc, may be considered: to consider a problem from every aspect.

It can mean a single aspect from which something is considered or evaluated; it can also mean a view from a relation between aspects of a subject. A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great.