English dictionary
diagonal
adjectivePronunciation
daɪˈæɡənəl
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- having an oblique or slanted direction
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 punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
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 line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
noun
- (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
Example sentences
a diagonal line across the page
the bishop moves on the diagonals