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Meaning of diagonal

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  diagonal
      adj 1: 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"
      2: having an oblique or slanted direction [syn: {aslant},
         {aslope}, {diagonal}, {slanted}, {slanting}, {sloped},
         {sloping}]
      n 1: (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a
           polygon that are not adjacent
      2: a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to
         a side of the fabric [syn: {diagonal}, {bias}]
      3: an oblique line of squares of the same color on a
         checkerboard; "the bishop moves on the diagonals"
      4: (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
      5: a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of
         information [syn: {solidus}, {slash}, {virgule}, {diagonal},
         {stroke}, {separatrix}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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