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DIAGONAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
Synonyms:
diagonal; separatrix; slash; solidus; stroke; virgule
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("diagonal" is a kind of...):
punctuation; punctuation mark (the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("diagonal" is a kind of...):
set ((mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Holonyms ("diagonal" is a part of...):
square matrix (a matrix with the same number of rows and columns)
Derivation:
diagonal (having an oblique or slanted direction)
diagonalise; diagonalize (transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard
Example:
the bishop moves on the diagonals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("diagonal" is a kind of...):
line (a formation of people or things one behind another)
line (a formation of people or things one beside another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diagonal"):
main diagonal; principal diagonal (the diagonal of a square matrix running from the upper left entry to the lower right entry)
secondary diagonal (the diagonal of a square matrix running from the lower left entry to the upper right entry)
Holonyms ("diagonal" is a part of...):
checker board; checkerboard (a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors)
Derivation:
diagonal (having an oblique or slanted direction)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
Synonyms:
bias; diagonal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("diagonal" is a kind of...):
straight line (a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature)
Derivation:
diagonal (having an oblique or slanted direction)
Sense 5
Meaning:
(geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("diagonal" is a kind of...):
straight line (a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature)
Domain category:
geometry (the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces)
Derivation:
diagonal (connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having an oblique or slanted direction
Synonyms:
aslant; aslope; diagonal; slanted; slanting; sloped; sloping
Classified under:
Similar:
inclined (at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position)
Derivation:
diagonal ((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)
diagonal (an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard)
diagonal (a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face
Example:
a diagonal line across the page
Classified under:
Similar:
oblique (slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled)
Derivation:
diagonal ((geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent)
