diagonal

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Antonyms 1.4.3 Translations 2 Danish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Inflection 3 Galician 3.1 Adjective 4 Spanish 4.1 Adjective 4.2 Noun 5 Swedish 5.1 Adjective 5.1.1 Derived terms 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Derived terms

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Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

From Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagonios), “‘from angle to angle’”), from διά (dia), “‘across’”) + γωνία (gonia), “‘angle’”).

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• IPA: /daɪˈægənəl/

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diagonal (not comparable)

1. (geometry) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
2. Having a slanted or oblique direction, lines or markings.
3. Pertaining to the front left and back right (or the front right and back left) legs of a quadruped.

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• (having a slanted or oblique direction): aslant, aslope, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping

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• diagonally
• diagonalization

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diagonal (plural diagonals)

1. something arranged diagonally or obliquely
2. a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
3. a punctuation mark used to separate related items of information
4. (geometry) a diagonal line or plane
5. (geometry) a line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.

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• (punctuation mark): /, separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule
• (line or cut across a fabric): bias

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• (punctuation mark): backslash

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /diagonaːl/, [d̥iaɡ̊oˈnæːˀl]

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diagonal (neuter diagonalt, definite and plural diagonale)

1. diagonal

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diagonal c. (singular definite diagonalen, plural indefinite diagonaler)

1. diagonal

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diagonal m. and f. (plural diagonais)

1. diagonal

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[edit] Adjective

diagonal m. and f. (plural diagonales)

1. diagonal

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diagonal f. (plural diagonales)

1. diagonal

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Inflections of diagonal
Indefinite singular	Common	diagonal
	Neuter	diagonalt
Definite singular	Masc.	diagonale
	All	diagonala
Plural		diagonala

1. diagonal

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• diagonalt

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Inflection for diagonal	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	diagonal	diagonalen	diagonaler	diagonalerna
Possessive form	diagonals	diagonalens	diagonalers	diagonalernas

diagonal c.

1. diagonal

[edit] Derived terms

• diagonala