diagonal
/daɪˈæɡnəl/ · noun
Meaning
- A line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.
- Anything forming or resembling such a line, particularly:
- Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
- Having slanted or oblique lines or markings.
- Having a slanted or oblique direction.
- Of or related to the cater-corner (diagonally opposite) legs of a quadruped, whether the front left and back right or front right and back left.
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