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How to pronounce diagonal in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bias
Type of straight line
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Synonyms aslant, aslope, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping
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Synonyms separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule
Type of punctuation mark, punctuation
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Type of line
Has types secondary diagonal, principal diagonal, main diagonal


the bishop moves on the diagonals.
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a diagonal line across the page.
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Type of straight line
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Type of set
Derivation diagonalise, diagonalize

Examples of diagonal

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His diagonal, disorientating dummy run was integral to Barcelona's opening goal.
From the independent.co.uk
I cut the bread into long diagonal pieces that can hold an entire piece of fish.
From the stltoday.com
The typical screen made by Samsung is a three-inch, or 7.6-centimeter, diagonal.
From the post-gazette.com
The containers are stacked and cut on a diagonal, creating a single-family home.
From the businessweek.com
The AAV type 2-derived ITRs are represented by rectangles with diagonal slashes.
From the nature.com
On the ground floor, the artist has painted diagonal black stripes along a wall.
From the guardian.co.uk
His proof does not use his famous diagonal argument, which he published in 1891.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In the example on the right, N equals 5. The five functions are on the diagonal.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The next one, which included the diagonal board, was delivered on 8 August 1940.
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More examples
  • (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
  • 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"
  • A line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
  • Aslant: having an oblique or slanted direction
  • An oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard; "the bishop moves on the diagonals"
  • (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
  • A diagonal is a line joining two nonconsecutive vertices of a polygon or polyhedron. Informally, any sloping line is called diagonal. ...
  • The diagonal system of control is the system of positioning used by match officials (referees and assistant referees) in association football (soccer). This allows the referee to officiate in a fluid motion without needing to turn his back to the play, stop, and then turn around sharply.
  • (diagonals) Movements that test the coordination of the rider's posting and up-down motion with the diagonal movement of the horse's legs while trotting.