English Explanatory Dictionary

diagonal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
  2. Having slanted or oblique lines or markings.
  3. Having a slanted or oblique direction.
  4. Of or related to the cater-corner (diagonally opposite) legs of a quadruped, whether the front left and back right or front right and back left.
noun
  1. A line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.
  2. Anything forming or resembling such a line
  3. A line or plane at an oblique angle to another.
  4. A line or cut across a fabric at an oblique angle to its sides.
  5. Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
name
  1. A city and town in Iowa.

Pronunciation

/ˌdaɪ̯ˈæɡ(ə)nəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-diagonal.wav /ˌdaɪ̯ˈeɪ̯ɡ(ə)nəl/ /ˌdɑɪ̯ˈæɡənəl/ /ˌdɑɪ̯ˈæɡənəu̯/ /ɖəj(ə)ɡ(ɵ)nəl/

Word forms

diagonal diagonals

Etymology

From Middle French diagonal, from Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”), from διά (diá, “across”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).

Synonyms

aslant aslope slanted slanting sloped sloping slash bias

Antonyms

backslash

Derived words

bidiagonal brachydiagonal clinodiagonal diagonalisation diagonality diagonalness diagonalwise diagrid dikes dykes equidiagonal gyrodiagonal heptadiagonal macrodiagonal nondiagonal offdiagonal orthodiagonal pandiagonal pentadiagonal quasidiagonal subdiagonal superdiagonal tridiagonal diagonalize antidiagonal broken diagonal counterdiagonal diagonal argument diagonal calendar diagonal element diagonalization diagonally diagonal mark diagonal matrix diagonal morphism diagonal scale diagonal spread leading diagonal main diagonal minor diagonal secondary diagonal space diagonal

Translations

Bulgarian: диагонал Dutch: diagonaal Finnish: diagonaali Finnish: lävistäjä Finnish: halkaisija Finnish: viistorivi Finnish: viisto French: diagonale German: Diagonale Hebrew: אֲלָכְסוֹן Irish: trasnán Italian: diagonale Kazakh: диагональ Māori: hōkai Māori: hauroki Portuguese: diagonal Romanian: diagonală Russian: диагона́ль Swedish: diagonal Ukrainian: перекутня
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