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Meaning
Adj
●
In Geometry:
Joining two
nonadjacent
vertices
(of a
polygon
or polyhedron).
●
Having
slanted
or
oblique lines
or markings.
●
Having a
slanted
or
oblique
direction.
●
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
●
In Geometry:
A
line
joining
non-adjacent
vertices
of a polygon.
●
In Geometry:
Anything
forming
or
resembling
such a line
A
line
or
plane
at an
oblique angle
to another.
●
In Fashion:
Anything
forming
or
resembling
such a line
A
line
or
cut across
a
fabric
at an
oblique angle
to its sides.
●
In Typography & Punctuation marks:
Anything
forming
or
resembling
such a line
Synonym of
slash
⟨/⟩.
Name
●
A
city
and
town
in Iowa.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
diagonal
English
diagonalis
Latin
διαγώνιος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Aslant
Aslope
Slanted
Slanting
Sloped
Sloping
Bias
Slash
Fraction Bar
Antonyms
Backslash
Related
Horizontal
Vertical
Perpendicular
Rectangle
Square
Curved
Zigzag
Triangle
Angle
Width
Triangular
Angled
Lateral
Vertex
Transverse
Centerline
Graph
Rectangular
Orthogonal
Symmetric
Circular
Trapezoidal
Pixel
Symmetrical
Row
Axis
Convex
Angular
Curve
Parallel
Cube
Matrix
Edge
Axial
Planar
Circle
Truss
Tangential
Contour
Column
Line
Lines
Eigenvector
Equilateral Triangles
Triangular Prism
Vertical Line
Straight Line
Top Edge
Right Side
Line Segment
Square Root
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