diagonally
Use Diagonally in a sentence
ə adjective
1.
2.
having an oblique direction.
3.
having oblique lines, ridges, markings, etc.
noun
4.
a diagonal line or plane.
5.
6.
a diagonal row, part, pattern, etc.
7.
Manège. (of a horse at a trot) the foreleg and the hind leg, diagonally opposite, which move forward simultaneously.
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Mathematics. a set of entries in a square matrix running either from upper left to lower right (main diagonal or principal diagonal) or lower left to upper right (secondary diagonal)
10.
Chess. one of the oblique lines of squares on a chessboard: He advanced his bishop along the open diagonal.
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diagonal (daɪˈæɡənəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | maths connecting any two vertices that in a polygon are not adjacent and in a polyhedron are not in the same face |
| 2. | slanting; oblique |
| 3. | marked with slanting lines or patterns |
| —n | |
| 4. | maths a diagonal line or plane |
| 5. | chess any oblique row of squares of the same colour |
| 6. | cloth marked or woven with slanting lines or patterns |
| 7. | something put, set, or drawn obliquely |
| 8. | another name for solidus |
| 9. | one front leg and the hind leg on the opposite side of a horse, which are on the ground together when the horse is trotting |
| [C16: from Latin diagōnālis, from Greek diagōnios, from | |
| di'agonally | |
| —adv | |
| diagonal (daɪˈæɡənəl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | maths connecting any two vertices that in a polygon are not adjacent and in a polyhedron are not in the same face |
| 2. | slanting; oblique |
| 3. | marked with slanting lines or patterns |
| —n | |
| 4. | maths a diagonal line or plane |
| 5. | chess any oblique row of squares of the same colour |
| 6. | cloth marked or woven with slanting lines or patterns |
| 7. | something put, set, or drawn obliquely |
| 8. | another name for solidus |
| 9. | one front leg and the hind leg on the opposite side of a horse, which are on the ground together when the horse is trotting |
| [C16: from Latin diagōnālis, from Greek diagōnios, from | |
| di'agonally | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
diagonal
1540s, from M.Fr. diagonal, from L. diagonalis, from diagonus "slanting line," from Gk. diagonios "from angle to angle," from dia- "across" + gonia "angle," related to gony "knee" (see knee). Related: Diagonally.
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Science Dictionary
diagonal  (dī-āg'ə-nəl) Pronunciation Key
Adjective Connecting two nonadjacent corners in a polygon or two nonadjacent corners in a polyhedron that do not lie in the same face. Noun A diagonal line segment. |
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Example sentences
Compression straps tighten the load, while skis are carried diagonally or a board vertically with horizontally option.
My trick was to scroll the gecko diagonally, spin him, and then switch diagonal directions.
Moving diagonally doesn't count as another degree of freedom because it's a combination of the first three.
Waves come ashore diagonally, as their backwash flows perpendicular to the beach.
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