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Defenition of the word diagonal

    • Defenition of the word diagonal

      • A line joining two nonconsecutive corners of a polygon or polyhedron.
      • having an oblique or slanted direction
      • at an angle; especially 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"
      • a straight line that is not at right angles to a side
      • a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
      • (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
      • an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard; "the bishop moves on the diagonals"
      • a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
      • (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
      • an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard
      • connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face

    Synonyms for the word diagonal

      • aslant
      • aslope
      • bias
      • separatrix
      • slanted
      • slanting
      • slash
      • sloped
      • sloping
      • solidus
      • stroke
      • virgule

    Similar words in the diagonal

      • inclined
      • oblique

    Meronymys for the word diagonal

      • checkerboard
      • square matrix

    Hyponyms for the word diagonal

      • main diagonal
      • principal diagonal
      • secondary diagonal

    Hypernyms for the word diagonal

      • line
      • punctuation
      • punctuation mark
      • set
      • straight line

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