diagonal

Words with a similar base: diagonal

'diagonal'

[diagonal.n.01] as in: (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent

'diagonal'

[diagonal.n.02] as in: a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric

'diagonal'

[diagonal.n.03] as in: an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard

Examples:
the bishop moves on the diagonals

'diagonal'

[diagonal.n.04] as in: (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

'diagonal'

[solidus.n.02] as in: a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

'diagonal'

[diagonal.s.01] as in: connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face

Examples:
a diagonal line across the page

'diagonal'

[aslant.s.01] as in: having an oblique or slanted direction

Origins

					diagonal (English)
└── diagonalis (Latin)
    └── διαγώνιος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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