The phrase "a typical cross section of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a representative sample or a typical example of a larger group or category.
Example: "The study provided a typical cross section of the population, highlighting various demographics and their preferences."
Alternatives: "a representative sample of" or "a standard example of".
Site investigations reveal that a typical cross section of the columnar basalt blocks is mainly quadrangular and pentagonal with an average edge length of 0.152 m.
WHEN we first meet Bev, Wendy, Jetta and Carol, four suburban women who decide to form a hard-rock band in the new Off Broadway musical "Angry Housewives," they are a typical cross section of friends one might find on a prime-time sitcom.
A typical cross section of six lanes divided highway is presented in Fig. 5.
Open image in new window Fig. 1 Photographic images of a typical cross section of a fresh (a) and reduced (b) 1NiPd/Al2O3 catalysts.
A typical cross section of a CoPSi-n system is observed by TEM to study the distribution of the Co deposits along the PSi structure.
The sample comprised a typical cross section of VGB therapy patients (Table 2).
By using the small parameter expansion method, the added mass and damping coefficients for a typical cross-section of a plate-fluid-plate system are deduced.
Even if a Barbican audience is hardly a typical cross-section of the public, the tactic releases a genuine anger against consensual politics, with various people shouting "stop bonuses" and "pay more taxes".
The motion equations of the plate-type structure vibrating in water are obtained by extending the method for a typical cross-section of plate-fluid-plate system presented in the first part of this paper.
The respondents represented a typical cross-section of the population in the area with high numbers of respondents from the white and Asian communities and higher representation from more deprived groups than the national averages [ 35].
A typical cross section (taken from the design of the PATECORE project in Burkina Faso - see profile at end of chapter) is recommended for general use.
