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adjective
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having an oblique direction.
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having oblique lines, ridges, markings, etc.
noun
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a diagonal line or plane.
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a diagonal row, part, pattern, etc.
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EXPANDManège. (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).
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COLLAPSEChess. one of the oblique lines of squares on a chessboard: He advanced his bishop along the open diagonal.
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Diagonally
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| 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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