Polarization

A water wave is a 3 dimensional thing.   dimension 1: amplitude.  Dimension 2: wavelength.  dimension  3: the crest & trough.    If a water wave were two dimensional we would not see it.  When a water wave is viewed we see lines proceeding at right angles to the amplitude and the wavelength. The crest of the wave is at right angles to it's amplitude and wavelength.  how would you polarize a water wave?   Perhaps the magnetic component is the same as a water waves crest and trough component.  So many aspects of reality are ignored.  When I look at a web page about water waves it shows me a cross section of the water wave and it even talks about the crest and trough as mearly the high and low point of the wave but what I really mean by crest and trough is the line that an artist would draw when depicting a wave.  Maybe the ridge of the wave is a better term.   Ridge and valley are its 3rd dimension and extends some arbitrary distance.  Actually if you throw a rock in the water then the length of the ridge and valley are proportional to the distance where the rock hit.    The term radiation is based on the radiating rings that come from water.   I'm not sure though if a light wave radiates in all directions.  A photon is considered a point of light.   \

The way I'm picturing light then is a plane that can fit through slots.  But in which way is it a plane?  Have you ever made a wave with a water hose?    You whip one end and the wave moves along the hose all the way to the spout.    Anyway suppose you stick the teeth of a giant comb into the ground over the hose and you whip it.  The wave will pass through unhindered.   If you try and whip it side to side (and there were no ground friction) the wave would still be hindered by the teeth.   This is because the wave is two dimensional horizontally.  however if the amplitude is low enough it will make it through

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