Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jun 23, 2006 05:41
17 yrs ago
Japanese term
kishore (X)
横目方向
Japanese to English
Tech/Engineering
Paper / Paper Manufacturing
巻取紙の横目方向にテープを作製して下さい。
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | cross direction |
yuzouren
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| 4 | across |
Jonathan Lawson
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| 3 | lateral direction |
V N Ganesh
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Proposed translations
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cross direction
枚葉紙の場合、紙の目が短辺に平行しているもの。Y又はY目とも表記する。巻取紙で印刷した場合、刷本を枚葉紙状態に加工したときには紙の目が短辺に平行しているものを「横目【short grain】」と言う。
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Jonathan Lawson
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Native in: English 
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across
This refers to cutting (or folding, etc.) across or sideways. It's used when you 'cut against the grain of wood', or in this case presumably across the rolled paper as opposed to along it.
Example sentence:
"cutting against the grain" "木目が横目方向の切削"
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lateral direction
lateral direction
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