Diagonal Meaning

There are 7 meaning(s) for word Diagonal

Meaning 1 : a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric

    Synonyms : bias
Meaning 2 : having an oblique or slanted direction

    Synonyms : aslant,  aslope,  slanted,  slanting,  sloped,  sloping
Meaning 3 : a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

    Synonyms : separatrix,  slash,  solidus,  stroke,  virgule
Meaning 4 : an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard

    Example : the bishop moves on the diagonals

Meaning 5 : connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face

    Example : a diagonal line across the page

Meaning 6 : (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent

Meaning 7 : (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


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