ALL meanings of diagonal
di·ag·o·nal
D d - adjective diagonal A diagonal line or movement goes in a sloping direction, for example, from one corner of a square across to the opposite corner. 3
- countable noun diagonal A diagonal is a line that goes in a sloping direction. 3
- countable noun diagonal In geometry, a diagonal is a straight line that joins two opposite corners in a flat four-sided shape such as a square. 3
- adjective diagonal connecting any two vertices that in a polygon are not adjacent and in a polyhedron are not in the same face 3
- adjective diagonal slanting; oblique 3
- adjective diagonal marked with slanting lines or patterns 3
- noun diagonal a diagonal line or plane 3
- noun diagonal any oblique row of squares of the same colour 3
- noun diagonal cloth marked or woven with slanting lines or patterns 3
- noun diagonal something put, set, or drawn obliquely 3
- noun diagonal 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 3
- adjective diagonal extending between the vertices of any two nonadjacent angles in a polygonal figure or between any two vertices not in the same face in a polyhedral figure; extending slantingly between opposite corners 3
- adjective diagonal moving or extending obliquely, esp. at a 45° angle; slanting 3
- adjective diagonal having slanting markings, lines, etc. 3
- noun diagonal virgule 3
- noun diagonal any diagonal course, row, order, or part 3
- noun diagonal cloth woven with diagonal lines; twill 3
- noun diagonal (of a straight line ) joining two opposite corners of a square, rectangle, or other straight -sided shape. 1
- adjective diagonal oblique, corner to corner 1
- noun diagonal oblique line or plane 1
- noun diagonal punctuation: virgule 1
- adjective diagonal 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. 1
- adjective diagonal having an oblique direction. 1
- adjective diagonal having oblique lines, ridges, markings, etc. 1
- noun diagonal a diagonal line or plane. 1
- noun diagonal virgule. 1
- noun diagonal a diagonal row, part, pattern, etc. 1
- noun diagonal Manège. (of a horse at a trot) the foreleg and the hind leg, diagonally opposite, which move forward simultaneously. 1
- noun diagonal diagonal cloth. 1
- noun diagonal 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) 1
- noun diagonal Chess. one of the oblique lines of squares on a chessboard: He advanced his bishop along the open diagonal. 1
- noun diagonal something arranged diagonally or obliquely. 0
- noun diagonal a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric. 0
- noun diagonal a punctuation mark used to separate related items of information. 0
- noun diagonal (geometry) a diagonal line or plane. 0
- noun diagonal (geometry) a line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon. 0
- adjective diagonal (geometry) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron). 0
- adjective diagonal Having a slanted or oblique direction, lines or markings. 0
- adjective diagonal Pertaining to the front left and back right (or the front right and back left) legs of a quadruped. 0