Diagonaladjective
(geometry) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
Slantingadjective
Out of the perpendicular, not perpendicular.
Diagonaladjective
Having slanted or oblique lines or markings.
Slantingnoun
The state or quality of being slanted.
‘The slanting of the hill was too steep for safe skiing.’;
Diagonaladjective
Having a slanted or oblique direction.
Slantingadjective
Oblique; sloping.
Diagonaladjective
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.
Slantingadjective
having an oblique or slanted direction
Diagonalnoun
(geometry) A line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.
Diagonalnoun
Anything forming or resembling such a line, particularly:
Diagonalnoun
(geometry) A line or plane at an oblique angle to another.
Diagonalnoun
A line or cut across a fabric at an oblique angle to its sides.
Diagonalnoun
synonym of slash⟨/⟩.
Diagonaladjective
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.
Diagonalnoun
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.
Diagonalnoun
A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel.
Diagonalnoun
A diagonal cloth; a kind of cloth having diagonal stripes, ridges, or welts made in the weaving.
Diagonalnoun
(geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
Diagonalnoun
a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
Diagonalnoun
an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard;
‘the bishop moves on the diagonals’;
Diagonalnoun
(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
Diagonalnoun
a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
Diagonaladjective
at an angle; especially 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’;
Diagonaladjective
having an oblique or slanted direction
Diagonal
In geometry, a diagonal is a line segment joining two vertices of a polygon or polyhedron, when those vertices are not on the same edge. Informally, any sloping line is called diagonal.