Cut the cloth in a diagonal direction.
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Diagonal
//daɪˈæɡənəl//
Synonyms for "diagonal" (106 found)
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Related words (53)
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5 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesderived
42 entriesShowing 16 of 42 words.
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1 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
3 entriespart of
2 entriesrelated to
37 entriesShowing 16 of 37 words.
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3 entriesTranslations
106 translations across 34 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- قُطْرِيّ adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- مَائِل adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
Bengali
1 entries- কর্ণ noun (geometry: diagonal line or plane)
Bulgarian
4 entries- диагона́лен adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- кос adj (having a slanted or oblique direction)
- диагонал noun (something forming or resembling a diagonal line)
- диагонал noun (geometry: diagonal line or plane)
Catalan
3 entries- diagonal adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- diagonal adj (having a slanted or oblique direction)
- diagonal noun (geometry: diagonal line or plane)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 對角 /对角 adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- 對角 /对角 adj (having a slanted or oblique direction)
Classical Greek
1 entries- διαγώνιος adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
Czech
4 entries- diagonální adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- úhlopříčný adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- diagonála noun (geometry: diagonal line or plane)
- uhlopříčka noun (geometry: diagonal line or plane)
Dutch
4 entries- diagonaal adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- diagonaal adj (having a slanted or oblique direction)
- diagonaal noun (something forming or resembling a diagonal line)
- diagonaal noun (line or cut across a fabric)
Esperanto
1 entries- diagonala adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
Finnish
4 entries- diagonaalinen adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- diagonaalinen adj (of, or relating the legs of quadruped)
- lävistävä adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- viisto adj (having a slanted or oblique direction)
French
2 entries- diagonale adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- diagonale noun (something forming or resembling a diagonal line)
German
3 entries- diagonal adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- schräg adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- Diagonale noun (something forming or resembling a diagonal line)
Hebrew
4 entries- אלכסוני adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- אלכסוני adj (having a slanted or oblique direction)
- אֲלָכְסוֹן noun (something forming or resembling a diagonal line)
- אלכסון noun (geometry: diagonal line or plane)
Hindi
1 entries- विकर्ण adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
Hungarian
4 entries- ferde adj (having a slanted or oblique direction)
- rézsútos adj (having a slanted or oblique direction)
- átlós adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- átlós adj (having a slanted or oblique direction)
Irish
2 entries- trasnán noun (something forming or resembling a diagonal line)
- trasnán noun (geometry: diagonal line or plane)
Italian
4 entries- diagonale adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- diagonale adj (having a slanted or oblique direction)
- diagonale noun (something forming or resembling a diagonal line)
- diagonale noun (geometry: diagonal line or plane)
Japanese
3 entries- 対角 adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- 筋交い adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- 斜め noun (geometry: diagonal line or plane)
Kazakh
1 entries- диагональ noun (something forming or resembling a diagonal line)
Latin
4 entries- diagonalis adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- diagonios adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- diagonalis noun (geometry: diagonal line or plane)
- diagonus noun (geometry: diagonal line or plane)
Macedonian
1 entries- кос adj (having a slanted or oblique direction)
Māori
3 entries- hauroki noun (something forming or resembling a diagonal line)
- hauroki noun (geometry: diagonal line or plane)
- hōkai noun (something forming or resembling a diagonal line)
Navajo
1 entries- dinéenáago ídzoh noun (geometry: diagonal line or plane)
Persian
2 entries- تراکنج adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- تراگوشه adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
Polish
4 entries- diagonalny adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- przekątny adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- skośny adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- diagonal noun (geometry: diagonal line or plane)
Portuguese
4 entries- diagonal adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- diagonal adj (having a slanted or oblique direction)
- diagonal noun (something forming or resembling a diagonal line)
- diagonal noun (geometry: diagonal line or plane)
Romanian
4 entries- diagonal adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- diagonal adj (having a slanted or oblique direction)
- oblic adj (having a slanted or oblique direction)
- înclinat adj (having a slanted or oblique direction)
Russian
4 entries- диагона́ль adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- диагона́льный adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- диагона́льный adj (having a slanted or oblique direction)
- косо́й adj (having a slanted or oblique direction)
Sanskrit
1 entries- कर्ण noun (geometry: diagonal line or plane)
Slovak
1 entries- diagonálny adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
Spanish
3 entries- diagonal adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- diagonal adj (having a slanted or oblique direction)
- diagonal noun (geometry: diagonal line or plane)
Swedish
4 entries- diagonal adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- diagonal adj (having a slanted or oblique direction)
- diagonal adj (of, or relating the legs of quadruped)
- diagonal noun (something forming or resembling a diagonal line)
Tagalog
2 entries- hilis adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- hilis noun (geometry: diagonal line or plane)
Ukrainian
2 entries- діагона́льний adj (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices)
- перекутня noun (something forming or resembling a diagonal line)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
A diagonal matrix is positive semidefinite if and only if all of its elements are nonnegative.
Source: tatoeba (530381)
This line is diagonal.
Source: tatoeba (1671730)
Just when she said "Ooh, what a beautiful star," a star fell across the sky and a blue light quickly fainted in a diagonal trajectory, dragging behind a faint tail.
Source: tatoeba (3061932)
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