Dictionary Check: diagonal
"diagonal" is a valid word!
Scrabble
10
points
Words with Friends
13
points
Definition
adjective
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"
adjective
having an oblique or slanted direction
noun
(geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
noun
a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
noun
an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard
Example:
"the bishop moves on the diagonals"
noun
(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
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