diagonal

adjective

  1. 1

    having an oblique or slanted direction

  2. 2

    connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face

    a diagonal line across the page

noun

  1. 1

    a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

  2. 2

    (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

  3. 3

    an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard

    the bishop moves on the diagonals

  4. 4

    a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric

  5. 5

    (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent

Synonyms

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