Dictionary

diagonal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /dɑɪ̯ˈæɡənəu̯/ South Australia, l-vocalization
• /dɑɪ̯ˈæɡənəl/ (Australia)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /daɪ̯ˈæɡ(ə)nəl/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /daɪ̯ˈeɪ̯ɡ(ə)nəl/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada, æ-raising

Etymology

From Middle French diagonal, from Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”), from διά (diá, “across”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
2. (not-comparable) Having slanted or oblique lines or markings.
3. (not-comparable) Having a slanted or oblique direction.
   • 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. 2011 January 12, Saj Chowdhury, “Liverpool 2 - 1 Liverpool”, in BBC:
4. (not-comparable) 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.

Deriveds

bidiagonal · brachydiagonal · diagonalness · orthodiagonal · subdiagonal · macrodiagonal · diagonalize · quasidiagonal · pandiagonal · dykes · equidiagonal · diagrid · tridiagonal · clinodiagonal · diagonalisation · heptadiagonal · diagonalwise · superdiagonal · nondiagonal · diagonal cutters · pentadiagonal · offdiagonal · gyrodiagonal · dikes · diagonality

Synonyms

aslope (having a slanted or oblique direction) · slanted (having a slanted or oblique direction) · slanting (having a slanted or oblique direction) · sloping (having a slanted or oblique direction) · aslant (having a slanted or oblique direction) · sloped (having a slanted or oblique direction)

Translations (60)

hu rézsútos (having a slanted or oblique direction) · uk діагона́льний (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · sv diagonal (having a slanted or oblique direction) · fa تراکنج (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · fr diagonale (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · mk кос (having a slanted or oblique direction) · bg кос (having a slanted or oblique direction) · sk diagonálny (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · ar قُطْرِيّ (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · es diagonal (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · bg диагона́лен (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · fi lävistävä (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · eo diagonala (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · hu ferde (having a slanted or oblique direction) · he אלכסוני (having a slanted or oblique direction) · fi vino (having a slanted or oblique direction) · it diagonale (having a slanted or oblique direction) · hu átlós (having a slanted or oblique direction) · fi diagonaalinen (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · tl hilis (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · nl diagonaal (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · de schräg (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · ja 筋交い (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · ru диагона́льный (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · ro înclinat (having a slanted or oblique direction) · pl diagonalny (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · la diagonalis (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · la diagonios (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · ru диагона́ль (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · nl diagonaal (having a slanted or oblique direction) · cmn 對角 /对角 (having a slanted or oblique direction) · ar مَائِل (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · hu átlós (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · sv diagonal (of, or relating the legs of quadruped) · ro oblic (having a slanted or oblique direction) · ro diagonal (having a slanted or oblique direction) · fi viisto (having a slanted or oblique direction) · it diagonale (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · es diagonal (having a slanted or oblique direction) · ja 対角 (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · cmn 對角 /对角 (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · ca diagonal (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · ro diagonal (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · pl przekątny (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · sv diagonal (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · grc διαγώνιος (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · cs úhlopříčný (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · ca diagonal (having a slanted or oblique direction) · ru косо́й (having a slanted or oblique direction) · cs diagonální (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · pt diagonal (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · fi vinottainen (having a slanted or oblique direction) · fi diagonaalinen (of, or relating the legs of quadruped) · pl skośny (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · fa تراگوشه (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · hi विकर्ण (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · de diagonal (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · pt diagonal (having a slanted or oblique direction) · he אלכסוני (geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices) · ru диагона́льный (having a slanted or oblique direction)

diagonal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɑɪ̯ˈæɡənəu̯/ South Australia, l-vocalization
• /dɑɪ̯ˈæɡənəl/ (Australia)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /daɪ̯ˈæɡ(ə)nəl/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /daɪ̯ˈeɪ̯ɡ(ə)nəl/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada, æ-raising

Etymology

From Middle French diagonal, from Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”), from διά (diá, “across”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).

Meanings

1. A line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.
2. Anything forming or resembling such a line ▸ A line or plane at an oblique angle to another.
3. Anything forming or resembling such a line ▸ A line or cut across a fabric at an oblique angle to its sides.
4. (uncommon) Anything forming or resembling such a line ▸ Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
   • Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique. 1965, Dmitri A. Borgmann, Language on Vacation, page 240:

Forms

Antonyms

backslash (antonym(s) of “oblique punctuation mark”)

Deriveds

diagonally · minor diagonal · secondary diagonal · diagonal morphism · diagonal calendar · diagonalize · diagonal matrix · antidiagonal · diagonalization · diagonal element · counterdiagonal · diagonal scale · space diagonal · main diagonal · diagonal argument · broken diagonal · diagonal mark · diagonal spread · Cantor's diagonal argument · leading diagonal

Synonyms

slash · bias (oblique line or cut across a fabric) · slash (oblique punctuation mark)

Translations (46)

la linea diagonalis (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · bg диагонал (something forming or resembling a diagonal line) · kk диагональ (something forming or resembling a diagonal line) · bg диагонал (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · he אלכסון (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · fi viistorivi (something forming or resembling a diagonal line) · tl hilis (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · uk перекутня (something forming or resembling a diagonal line) · nl diagonaal (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · ro diagonală (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · mi hauroki (something forming or resembling a diagonal line) · fi lävistäjä (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · la diagonus (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · mi hauroki (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · es diagonal (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · ca diagonal (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · pl diagonal (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · ru диагона́ль (something forming or resembling a diagonal line) · fi diagonaali (something forming or resembling a diagonal line) · sa कर्ण (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · pt diagonal (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · it diagonale (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · pl diagonala (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · fr diagonale (something forming or resembling a diagonal line) · ga trasnán (something forming or resembling a diagonal line) · nl diagonaal (line or cut across a fabric) · cs uhlopříčka (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · mi hōkai (something forming or resembling a diagonal line) · bn কর্ণ (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · de Diagonale (something forming or resembling a diagonal line) · sv diagonal (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · nl diagonaal (something forming or resembling a diagonal line) · fi lävistäjä (something forming or resembling a diagonal line) · ro diagonală (something forming or resembling a diagonal line) · pt diagonal (something forming or resembling a diagonal line) · ga trasnán (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · he אֲלָכְסוֹן (something forming or resembling a diagonal line) · la diagonalis (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · hu átló (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · sv diagonal (something forming or resembling a diagonal line) · fi viisto (something forming or resembling a diagonal line) · nv dinéenáago ídzoh (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · it diagonale (something forming or resembling a diagonal line) · fi halkaisija (something forming or resembling a diagonal line) · cs diagonála (geometry: diagonal line or plane) · ja 斜め (geometry: diagonal line or plane)