Diagonal
[daɪ'æg(ə)n(ə)l] or [daɪ'æɡənl]
Definition
(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' .
Inputed by Bobbie--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Typist: Nicholas
Definition
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.
Editor: Manuel
Examples
- In 1810 Sir Robert Seppings, surveyor of the English navy, devised and introduced the system of diagonal bracing. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- If you stare at a checkerboard you can see it as black on red, or red on black, as series of horizontal, vertical or diagonal steps which recede or protrude. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The chassis are put in the other end of the car, the first one being carried in, minus the wheels, and placed in a diagonal position. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Now the open mesh cane fabric, having diagonal strands, and other varieties, are made rapidly by machinery. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- During the year 1895 the first loom for weaving an open mesh cane fabric having diagonal strands was invented. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is then stretched to its utmost to the opposite diagonal corner. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This was an arrangement of timbers crossing the ribs on the inside of the ship at angles of about 45°, and braced by diagonals and struts. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Editor: Wilma