diagonal

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
2. (not-comparable) Having slanted or oblique lines or markings.
3. (not-comparable) Having a slanted or oblique direction.
4. (not-comparable) 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

1. A line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.
2. Anything forming or resembling such a line
3. Anything forming or resembling such a line
4. (uncommon) Anything forming or resembling such a line

Concepts

diagonale

diagonal

accident vasculaire cérébral

coup

barre oblique

Synonymes

oblique

slanting

slanted

slash

bias

virgule

solidus

aslant

transverse

stroke

separatrix

sloping

inclined

slant

sloped

skew

cross

oblique line

crosswise

aslope

shilling mark

axis

brace

cater-cornered

forward slash

fraction

fraction bar

leaning

oblique stroke

askew

shilling stroke

sidelong

catty-corner

diagonal line

Traductions

diagonal

diagonale

diagonaal

diagonal

Diagonale

diagonal

diagonal

διαγώνιος

inclinado

köşegen

schräg

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/daɪˈæɡənəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle French diagonal, from Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”), from διά (diá, “across”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).