Diagonal

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Joining two nonadjacent vertices of a polygon.
  • adjective. Joining two vertices of a polyhedron not in the same face.
  • adjective. Having a slanted or oblique direction.
  • adjective. Having oblique lines or markings.
  • adjective. Relating to or being the front left and back right feet or the front right and back left feet of a quadruped.
  • noun. A diagonal line or plane.
  • noun. Something, such as a row, course, or part, that is arranged obliquely.
  • noun. A fabric woven with diagonal lines.
  • noun. A virgule.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In geometry, extending, as a line, from one angle to another not adjacent, within any figure.
  • Being in an oblique direction; lying obliquely.
  • Marked by oblique lines: as, diagonal cloth.
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  • A soft material used as a ground for embroidery, generally made very wide, and dyed in plain colors without pattern.
  • A material for men's wear, especially for coats and waistcoats.
  • undefined
  • noun. A straight line drawn from one angle to or through another, not adjacent, in any plane or solid figure.
  • noun. Any oblique line.
  • noun. Specifically
  • noun. In chess, checkers, etc., a line of squares running diagonally across the board. See chess.
  • noun. Same as diagonal cloth, especially in the United States: a term introduced about 1875.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the sides.
  • adjective. herringbone work. See Herringbone, a.
  • adjective. built by forming the outer skin of two layers of planking, making angles of about 45° with the keel, in opposite directions.
  • adjective. See under Cleavage.
  • adjective. a chevron or zigzag molding.
  • adjective. See Cross-springer.
  • adjective. a scale which consists of a set of parallel lines, with other lines crossing them obliquely, so that their intersections furnish smaller subdivisions of the unit of measure than could be conveniently marked on a plain scale.
  • adjective. Same as Cross bedding, under Cross, a.
  • noun. A right line drawn from one angle to another not adjacent, of a figure of four or more sides, and dividing it into two parts.
  • noun. A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel.
  • noun. A diagonal cloth; a kind of cloth having diagonal stripes, ridges, or welts made in the weaving.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
  • adjective. Having a slanted or oblique direction, lines or markings.
  • adjective. Pertaining to the front left and back right (or the front right and back left) legs of a quadruped.
  • noun. something arranged diagonally or obliquely
  • noun. a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
  • noun. a punctuation mark used to separate related items of information
  • noun. a diagonal line or plane
  • noun. a line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. (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
  • noun. an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard
  • noun. a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
  • adjective. having an oblique or slanted direction
  • noun. (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
  • adjective. connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face
  • noun. a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
  • Word Usage
    "No. 419: that the _red diagonal_ members represent the _saltire gules_ of St. Patrick, No. 421, and that the _narrow diagonal white_ lines are added in order to place this _saltire gules on a field argent_: that the"
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    inclined  oblique  
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    across  air line  athwart  axis  band