diagonal

Meaning

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

Synonyms

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

Translations

diagonal

diagonale

diagonale

diagonaal

Diagonale

diagonal

diagonal

diagonal

diagonal

διαγώνιος

inclinado

Pronounced as (IPA)

/daɪˈæɡənəl/

Etymology

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