Diagonal — synonyms, definition

1. diagonal (a)

askance askew awry bent bevel biased crinkled cross curved edgeways erratic inclining indirect oblique sideling sidelong sideways slanted transverse zigzag

2. diagonal (Adjective)

aslant aslope slanting sloped sloping

diagonal (Adjective) — Connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face. ex. "a diagonal line across the page"

diagonal (Adjective) — Having an oblique or slanted direction.

3. diagonal (Noun)

bias separatrix slash solidus stroke virgule

diagonal (Noun) — (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent.

diagonal (Noun) — A line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric.

diagonal (Noun) — An oblique line of squares of the same colour on a checkerboard. ex. "the bishop moves on the diagonals"

diagonal (Noun) — (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.

diagonal (Noun) — A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information.

line punctuation punctuation mark set straight line main diagonal principal diagonal secondary diagonal checker board checkerboard chequerboard draughtboard square matrix