Diagonal vs. Slanting

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.