Overview of noun diagonal

The noun diagonal has 5 senses

• diagonal -- ((geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent)


• diagonal, bias -- (a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric)


• diagonal -- (an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard; "the bishop moves on the diagonals")


• diagonal -- ((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)


• solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix -- (a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information)

Overview of adj diagonal

The adj diagonal has 2 senses

• diagonal -- (connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face; "a diagonal line across the page")


• aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping -- (having an oblique or slanted direction)