diagonal English

Meaning diagonal meaning

What does diagonal mean?

diagonal

— adjective 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

— noun an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard the bishop moves on the diagonals

— noun (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

— noun (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent

— noun a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric

— adjective (= slanted, slanting) having an oblique or slanted direction

— noun (= solidus) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

Synonyms diagonal synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as diagonal?

diagonal English » English

oblique

slanting

slanted

virgule

slash

bias

transverse

stroke

solidus

sloping

separatrix

aslant

sloped

slant

skew

oblique line

inclined

crosswise

cross

aslope

sidelong

shilling stroke

shilling mark

oblique stroke

leaning

fraction bar

fraction

forward slash

diagonal line

catty-corner

cater-cornered

brace

axis

askew

Examples diagonal examples

How do I use diagonal in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Cut the cloth in a diagonal direction.

A diagonal matrix is positive semidefinite if and only if all of its elements are nonnegative.

This line is diagonal.

Movie subtitles

Diagonal right, towards the castle.

The bishop. charmingly diagonal.

No, vertical, actually diagonal.

Diagonal thinking, that's what's required.

Super grid R-3 at eight diagonal.

Eight diagonal.

The Long diagonal.

The doors are on a diagonal.

Have a try. They're diagonal.

You start by rotating the plate counterclockwise cut on the diagonal.

Diagonal rule.

You move diagonal.

If you move diagonal. you're gonna get perpetual motion.

Super grid R-3 at eight diagonal. - Eight diagonal.

A cut of 14cm diagonal going to the clavicle!

We're gonna be using this crane to pick up and set a three-ton beam which will be used as a diagonal brace, also known as a kicker.

And so, at this point. we see him exhibiting diagonal characteristics. as opposed to horizontal characteristics.

It's moving diagonal to the beacon.

Look at the diagonal. Look at it.

Now complete that set, on the diagonal.

That's when I noticed that the lighter's length. is exactly the same length as the diagonal itself.

See? You went on a diagonal.

On the cloister's wall. A long, diagonal chink opened up.

This diagonal looks tight.

You say he crossed here on the diagonal and turned right?

Your other left. Diag-Diagonal from there.

A few hundreds miles South-East of the mountains stands a diagonal row of three other, evenly spaced enormous volcanos.