diagonal
Collocations
5ADJ.
main, open, positive, same
VERB + DIAGONAL
borrow, caused, line, names, walked
DIAGONAL + NOUN
ball, diag, direction, matrix, pliers, width
PREP.
across, from, in, into, on
ADV.
such, then
Definitions
adj
Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
Having slanted or oblique lines or markings.
Having a slanted or oblique direction.
The visitors' undoing was caused by a diagonal ball from the right which was nodded into the six-yard area by Ian Evatt and finished off by Campbell.
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
A line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.
Anything forming or resembling such a line
Anything forming or resembling such a line
Anything forming or resembling such a line
Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique.
name
A city and town in Iowa.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6The visitors' undoing was caused by a diagonal ball from the right which was nodded into the six-yard area by Ian Evatt and finished off by Campbell.
WiktionaryInitial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diag
WiktionaryCut the cloth in a diagonal direction.
Tatoeba · #318796A diagonal matrix is positive semidefinite if and only if all of its elements are nonnegative.
Tatoeba · #530381This line is diagonal.
Tatoeba · #1671730Cut the bread into diagonal slices the width of a finger.
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