diagonal
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- n (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
- n a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
- n an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard
the bishop moves on the diagonals - n (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
- n a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
- s 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 - s having an oblique or slanted direction
- Dark clouds hurtle across the sky; diagonal strips of shadow fall like knife scars on every face; steam rises from the streets and rolls off the most innocuous front porch.
- Shanties that look as if they were about to implode perch uneasily on streets set at a San Francisco diagonal.
- Outside, a squared archway in a freestanding diagonal wall creates a proscenium that turns earth and sky into a kind of cosmic theater.