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Diagonal
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- 1 Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron). not-comparable
- 2 Having slanted or oblique lines or markings. not-comparable
- 3 Having a slanted or oblique direction. not-comparable
"The visitors' undoing was caused by a diagonal ball from the right which was nodded into the six-yard area by Ian Evatt and finished off by Campbell."
- 4 Of or related to the cater-corner (diagonally opposite) legs of a quadruped, whether the front left and back right or front right and back left. not-comparable
- 1 having an oblique or slanted direction wordnet
- 2 connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face wordnet
- 1 A city and town in Iowa.
- 1 A line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.
- 2 a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information wordnet
- 3 Anything forming or resembling such a line; A line or plane at an oblique angle to another.
- 4 (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 wordnet
- 5 Anything forming or resembling such a line; A line or cut across a fabric at an oblique angle to its sides.
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- 6 an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard wordnet
- 7 Anything forming or resembling such a line; Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩. uncommon
"Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique."
- 8 a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric wordnet
- 9 (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent wordnet
Etymology
From Middle French diagonal, from Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”), from διά (diá, “across”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).
From Middle French diagonal, from Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”), from διά (diá, “across”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).
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