Diagonal

English

Adjective

Diagonal (not comparable)

1. (geometry) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
2. Having a slanted or oblique direction, lines or markings.
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   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.

3. Pertaining to the front left and back right (or the front right and back left) legs of a quadruped.

Synonyms

• (having a slanted or oblique direction): aslant, aslope, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping

Derived terms

• diagonally
• diagonalization

Noun

Diagonal (plural Diagonals)

1. something arranged diagonally or obliquely
2. a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
3. a punctuation mark used to separate related items of information
4. (geometry) a diagonal line or plane
5. (geometry) a line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.

Synonyms

• (punctuation mark): /, separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule
• (line or cut across a fabric): bias

Antonyms

• (punctuation mark): backslash

Thesaurus

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

Etymology

From Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagonios, “from angle to angle”), from διά (dia, “across”) + γωνία (gonia, “angle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /daɪˈæɡənəl/

Translations

Adjective

geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices

Arabic: مائل (ar) (maa'il), قطري (ar) (qúTriy) Bulgarian: диагонален (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 對角 (cmn), 对角 (cmn) (duìjiǎo) Dutch: diagonaal (nl) Esperanto: diagonalo (eo) French: diagonale (fr) f. German: diagonal (de), schräg (de)

Hebrew: אלכסוני (he) (alakhsony) Hungarian: átlós (hu) Italian: diagonale (it) Japanese: 筋交い (ja) (すじかい, sujikai), 対角 (ja) (たいかく, taikaku) Russian: диагональный (ru) (diagonál'nyj) Spanish: diagonal (es) Swedish: diagonal (sv)

having a slanted or oblique direction

Bulgarian: кос (bg) Dutch: diagonaal Finnish: vino (fi), viisto (fi) Hebrew: אלכסוני (he) (alakhsony)

Hungarian: rézsútos (hu), ferde (hu) Italian: diagonale (it) Russian: диагональный (ru) (diagonál'nyj) Swedish: diagonal (sv)

of, or relating the legs of quadruped

Swedish: diagonal (sv)

Noun

something arranged diagonally or obliquely

Bulgarian: диагонал (bg) m. Dutch: diagonaal French: diagonale (fr) f. German: Diagonale (de) f.

Italian: diagonale (it) Romanian: diagonală (ro) f. Russian: диагональ (ru) (diagonál') f. Swedish: diagonal (sv)

line or cut across a fabric

Dutch: diagonaal

punctuation mark

Swedish: snedstreck (sv)

geometry: diagonal line or plane

Bulgarian: диагонал (bg) m. Dutch: diagonaal Finnish: lävistäjä (fi) Hebrew: אלכסון (alakhson) m.

Hungarian: átló (hu) Italian: diagonale (it) Romanian: diagonală (ro) f. Swedish: diagonal (sv)

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /diaɡonaːl/, [d̥iaɡ̊oˈnæːˀl]

Adjective

Diagonal (neuter diagonalt, definite and plural diagonale)

1. diagonal

Noun

Diagonal c. (singular definite Diagonalen, plural indefinite Diagonaler)

1. diagonal

Inflection

    Inflection of Diagonal

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	Diagonal	Diagonalen	Diagonaler	Diagonalerne
genitive	Diagonals	Diagonalens	Diagonalers	Diagonalernes

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Galician

Adjective

Diagonal m. (feminine diagonal, plural diagonais)

1. diagonal

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Spanish

Adjective

1. diagonal

Derived terms

• matriz diagonal

Noun

Diagonal

1. diagonal

Derived terms

• diagonal principal

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Swedish

Adjective

Inflections of Diagonal
Indefinite singular	Common	Diagonal
	Neuter	Diagonalt
Definite singular	Masc.	Diagonale
	All	Diagonala
Plural		Diagonala

1. diagonal

Derived terms

• diagonalt

Noun

Declension of Diagonal

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Diagonal	diagonalen	diagonaler	diagonalerna
genitive	Diagonals	diagonalens	diagonalers	diagonalernas

diagonal c.

1. diagonal

Derived terms

• diagonala