Diagonal

[daɪ'æg(ə)n(ə)l] or [daɪ'æɡənl]

解释:

(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.

(noun.) an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard; 'the bishop moves on the diagonals'.

(noun.) a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric.

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

(adj.) 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' .

博比编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the sides.

(n.) A right line drawn from one angle to another not adjacent, of a figure of four or more sides, and dividing it into two parts.

(n.) A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel.

(n.) A diagonal cloth; a kind of cloth having diagonal stripes, ridges, or welts made in the weaving.

校对:尼古拉斯

解释:

adj. through the corners or from an angle to an opposite angle of a four or many sided figure.—n. a straight line so drawn.—adv. Diag′onally.—Diagonal scale a scale for laying down small fractions of the unit of measurement the parallel lines drawn lengthwise on its surface being divided into sections by lines drawn crosswise and in one end section being intersected by a series of other parallel lines drawn obliquely at equal distances across them.

编辑:曼纽尔