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polarized throughout/across/along thickness

English translation: polarized across its thickness

17:12 Jul 14, 2012
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Science - Science (general)
English term or phrase: polarized throughout/across/along thickness
A piezoelectric plate polarized throughout/across/along its thickness

What preposition would you use here? Please advise
Nik-On/Off
Ukraine
Local time: 18:27
Selected answer:polarized across its thickness
Explanation:
If the text referred to the length of the plate, which is the plate's longest dimension, I would use "along", as in "polarized along its length".

But as it refers to the thickness, that is, probably the shortest dimension of the plate (length, width, thickness), I would choose the preposition "across".

I would also use "across" if it refered to the width.
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Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 12:27
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4along
Judith Hehir
3polarized across its thickness
Martin Riordan


  

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along


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Judith Hehir
United States
Local time: 11:27
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Native speaker of: English
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polarized across its thickness


Explanation:
If the text referred to the length of the plate, which is the plate's longest dimension, I would use "along", as in "polarized along its length".

But as it refers to the thickness, that is, probably the shortest dimension of the plate (length, width, thickness), I would choose the preposition "across".

I would also use "across" if it refered to the width.

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 12:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Thank you both!
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