| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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 | |
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 | |
| 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. |