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Meaning of diagonal

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

diagonal

Pronunciation:/daɪˈæɡnəl/

noun

Definitions

  1. A line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.

  2. Anything forming or resembling such a line, particularly:

adjective

Definitions

  1. Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).

  2. Having slanted or oblique lines or markings.

  3. Having a slanted or oblique direction.

  4. 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.