yvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for

diagonal

[ dahy-ag-uh-nl, -ag-nl ]

adjective

  1. Mathematics.
    1. connecting two nonadjacent angles or vertices of a polygon or polyhedron, as a straight line.
    2. extending from one edge of a solid figure to an opposite edge, as a plane.
  2. having an oblique direction.
  3. having oblique lines, ridges, markings, etc.


noun

  1. a diagonal line or plane.
  2. a diagonal row, part, pattern, etc.
  3. Ѳè. (of a horse at a trot) the foreleg and the hind leg, diagonally opposite, which move forward simultaneously.
  4. 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.
  5. Chess. one of the oblique lines of squares on a chessboard:

    He advanced his bishop along the open diagonal.

diagonal

/ 岹ɪˈæɡəə /

adjective

  1. maths connecting any two vertices that in a polygon are not adjacent and in a polyhedron are not in the same face
  2. slanting; oblique
  3. marked with slanting lines or patterns
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. maths a diagonal line or plane
  2. chess any oblique row of squares of the same colour
  3. cloth marked or woven with slanting lines or patterns
  4. something put, set, or drawn obliquely
  5. another name for solidus
  6. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

diagonal

/ ī-ăə-ə /

Adjective

  1. Connecting two nonadjacent corners in a polygon or two nonadjacent corners in a polyhedron that do not lie in the same face.

Noun

  1. A diagonal line segment.
Discover More

Derived Forms

  • 徱ˈDzԲ, adverb
Discover More

Other yvlogs From

  • 徱·o·Բ· adverb
  • ԴDzd·o·Բ adjective noun
  • non徱·o·Բ· adverb
Discover More

yvlog History and Origins

Origin of diagonal1

First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin 徱ō, from Greek 徱ṓn(Dz) “from angle to angle” + Latin - adjective suffix; dia-, -gon, -al 1
Discover More

yvlog History and Origins

Origin of diagonal1

C16: from Latin 徱ō, from Greek 徱ōԾDz, from dia- + ōԾ angle
Discover More

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.

From

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.

From

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.

From

A generic but monumental gas station splits the 10-foot-wide canvas in two on an eccentric diagonal, flattening any illusion of three dimensions.

From

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.”

From

Advertisement

Related yvlogs

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement