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diagonal
[ dahy-ag-uh-nl, -ag-nl ]
adjective
- Mathematics.
- connecting two nonadjacent angles or vertices of a polygon or polyhedron, as a straight line.
- extending from one edge of a solid figure to an opposite edge, as a plane.
- having an oblique direction.
- having oblique lines, ridges, markings, etc.
noun
- a diagonal line or plane.
- a diagonal row, part, pattern, etc.
- Ѳè. (of a horse at a trot) the foreleg and the hind leg, diagonally opposite, which move forward simultaneously.
- Mathematics. a set of entries in a square matrix running either from upper left to lower right main diagonal, or principal diagonal or lower left to upper right secondary diagonal.
- Chess. one of the oblique lines of squares on a chessboard:
He advanced his bishop along the open diagonal.
diagonal
/ 岹ɪˈæɡəə /
adjective
- maths connecting any two vertices that in a polygon are not adjacent and in a polyhedron are not in the same face
- slanting; oblique
- marked with slanting lines or patterns
noun
- maths a diagonal line or plane
- chess any oblique row of squares of the same colour
- cloth marked or woven with slanting lines or patterns
- something put, set, or drawn obliquely
- another name for solidus
- one front leg and the hind leg on the opposite side of a horse, which are on the ground together when the horse is trotting
diagonal
/ ī-ă′ə-ə /
Adjective
- Connecting two nonadjacent corners in a polygon or two nonadjacent corners in a polyhedron that do not lie in the same face.
Noun
- A diagonal line segment.
Derived Forms
- 徱ˈDzԲ, adverb
Other yvlogs From
- 徱·o·Բ· adverb
- ԴDzd·o·Բ adjective noun
- non徱·o·Բ· adverb
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of diagonal1
Example Sentences
Not afraid of a direct style, his Bayern side knocked Arsenal out of last season's Champions League maximising long diagonal balls into pacey wingers for one v one situations.
Opposing diagonals of the room and the opened right-hand window meet at a pointed angle where René stands, placing him smack at the center of a jutting space.
A second shirt, released during the coronavirus pandemic, was white with thin red-and-black diagonal lines and the profile and a man, woman and child sandwiched between the words Refugees Welcome.
A generic but monumental gas station splits the 10-foot-wide canvas in two on an eccentric diagonal, flattening any illusion of three dimensions.
Steinmetz inched his drone up and back for a downward diagonal view on Aaron and his animal, until Mark returned: “I think that’ll be enough for today.”
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