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1. (adj.) diagonal
connecting two nonadjacent angles or vertices of a polygon or polyhedron:
a diagonal line.
2. diagonal
extending from one edge of a solid figure to an opposite edge:
a diagonal plane.
3. diagonal
having an oblique direction.
4. diagonal
having oblique lines or markings.
5. (n.) diagonal
a diagonal line or plane.
6. diagonal
a diagonal row, part, or pattern.
Etymology: (1535–45; < L diagōnālis < Gk diagṒn(ios) from angle to angle (see dia -, -gon ))
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1. (noun) diagonal
(geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
2. (noun) diagonal, bias
a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
3. (noun) diagonal
an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard
"the bishop moves on the diagonals"
4. (noun) diagonal
(mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry
5. (adj) solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix
a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
6. (adj) diagonal
connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face
"a diagonal line across the page"
7. (adj) aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping
having an oblique or slanted direction
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1. (adjective) diagonal
(of a line) slanting, not straight
Draw a diagonal line from one corner to the other.; the house that is diagonally opposite from us
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Diagonal
joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the sides
2. (noun) Diagonal
a right line drawn from one angle to another not adjacent, of a figure of four or more sides, and dividing it into two parts
3. (noun) Diagonal
a member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel
4. (noun) Diagonal
a diagonal cloth; a kind of cloth having diagonal stripes, ridges, or welts made in the weaving
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Sense: a line going from one corner to the opposite corner
The two diagonals of a rectangle cross at the centre.
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 Afrikaans: diagonaal, hoeklyn |
 Arabic: قُطْر |
 Bulgarian: диагонален |
 Brazilian: diagonal |
 Czech: úhlopříčka |
 German: die Diagonale |
 Danish: diagonal |
 Greek: διαγώνιος |
 Spanish: diagonal |
 Estonian: diagonaal |
 Farsi: قطر |
 Finnish: vinoviiva |
 French: diagonale |
 Hebrew: אֲלַכסון |
 Hindi: कर्ण रेखा |
 Croatian: dijagonalan, poprečan |
 Hungarian: átlós |
 Indonesian: diagonal |
 Icelandic: hornalína |
 Italian: diagonale |
 Japanese: 対角線 |
 Korean: 대각선 |
 Lithuanian: įstrižainė, diagonalė |
 Latvian: diagonāle |
 Malay: pepenjuru |
 Dutch: diagonaal |
 Norwegian: diagonal, skråstrek |
 Polish: przekątna |
 Persian: قطر |
 Pashto: وېښته يا رپونده، دڅلورضلع |
 Portuguese: diagonal |
 Romanian: diagonală |
 Russian: диагональ |
 Slovak: uhlopriečka |
 Slovenian: diagonala |
 Serbian: dijagonala |
 Swedish: diagonal |
 Thai: เส้นทแยงมุม |
 Turkish: köşegen |
 Taiwanese: 對角線 |
 Ukrainian: діагональ |
 Urdu: ایک کونے سے دوسرے کونے تک |
 Vietnamese: chéo |
 Chinese: 对角线 |
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