diagonal
Other forms: diagonals
A diagonal is made out of a straight line that's set at an angle instead of straight up or across. If you picture a square and draw a line connecting the opposite corners, that’s a diagonal line.
You’ll find diagonal lines in geometry, and also in the world around you. A quarterback might throw a diagonal pass that angles across the field, or you might buy a snazzy new leotard with diagonal stripes. Diagonal can be either a noun or an adjective. You could call the steep slope of a hill a diagonal across the sky, or you could talk about the diagonal hillside reaching up toward the clouds.
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having an oblique or slanted direction
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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”synonyms:obliqueslanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled
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(geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacenttype of:straight linea line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature
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a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabricsynonyms: biastype of:straight linea line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature
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(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 entrytype of:set(mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
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an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard“the bishop moves on the diagonals”types:main diagonal, principal diagonalthe diagonal of a square matrix running from the upper left entry to the lower right entrysecondary diagonalthe diagonal of a square matrix running from the lower left entry to the upper right entry
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a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information such as words, lines of text, or numberssynonyms: separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, virguletype of:punctuation, punctuation markthe marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
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