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RELATED WORDS : diagonal matrix main diagonal principal diagonal secondary diagonal

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun diagonal has 5 senses

• diagonal(n = noun.shape) Array - (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent; Array
is a kind of straight line
Derived form adjective diagonal₁

• diagonal(n = noun.shape) bias - a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric; Array
is a kind of straight line
Derived form adjective diagonal₂

• diagonal(n = noun.group) Array - an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard; "the bishop moves on the diagonals"
is a part of checker board, checkerboard
has particulars: main diagonal, principal diagonal, secondary diagonal
is a kind of line, line
Derived form adjective diagonal₂

• diagonal(n = noun.group) Array - (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; Array
is a kind of set
is a part of square matrix
Derived forms adjective diagonal₂, verb diagonalise₁, verb diagonalize₁

• diagonal(n = noun.communication) separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule - a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information; Array
is a kind of punctuation, punctuation mark

Adjective diagonal has 2 senses

• diagonal(s = adj.all) Array - 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"
Derived form noun diagonal₁

• diagonal(s = adj.all) aslant, aslope, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping - having an oblique or slanted direction; Array
Derived forms noun diagonal₄, noun diagonal₃, noun diagonal₂

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

diagonal

across, air line, athwart, axis, band, bar, beeline, bend, bendwise, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, biaswise, catercorner, catercornered, chord, cross-hatching, crossways, crosswise, dash, delineation, diameter, direct line, directrix, dotted line, edge, great-circle course, hachure, hairline, hatching, kittycorner, line, lineation, normal, oblique, oblique angle, oblique figure, oblique line, perpendicular, radius, radius vector, rhomboid, right line, score, scratch comma, secant, segment, separatrix, shortcut, side, slant, slanted, slanting, slash, solidus, straight, straight course, straight line, straight stretch, straightaway, streak, streaking, streamline, striation, strip, stripe, striping, stroke, sublineation, tangent, thwart, transversal, transverse, underline, underlining, underscore, underscoring, vector, virgule

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