Diagonal
adjective
Something that is made, moved, or placed across position from one corner to the opposite corner.
He made a diagonal cut on the piece of fabric.
Often appears as...
- diagonal line
- diagonal cut
noun
A line that goes from one corner to another corner in a shape, object, or place.
Checkered patterns have diagonals in them.
Often appears as...
- on the diagonal
- diagonal line
adjective
Describes something or action that is not straight or direct, mainly used in mathematics.
The diagonal of a square connects its opposite corners.
Often appears as...
- diagonal matrix
- diagonal equation
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adjective
Something that is made, moved, or placed across position from one corner to the opposite corner.
He made a diagonal cut on the piece of fabric.
Often appears as...
- diagonal line
- diagonal cut
noun
A line that goes from one corner to another corner in a shape, object, or place.
Checkered patterns have diagonals in them.
Often appears as...
- on the diagonal
- diagonal line
adjective
Describes something or action that is not straight or direct, mainly used in mathematics.
The diagonal of a square connects its opposite corners.
Often appears as...
- diagonal matrix
- diagonal equation
Usage tips
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Pro Tip 1/3Visual Aid
Imagine drawing a line from one corner of a rectangular paper to the opposite.
When she folded the paper diagonally, it formed two triangles.
Pro Tip 2/3Spatial Orientation
Diagonal lines create a sense of movement or depth in design and art.
The artist used diagonal streaks to give the illusion of speed.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Patterns
Diagonal lines are commonly seen in patterns like herringbone and chevron.
Her dress had a bold diagonal chevron pattern.
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The secret messages of...
Runes are short, straight, and diagonal lines that make up an alphabet called the “futhark.” All classes of people spoke and wrote this language, in many different dialects. There was no standard spelling, they wrote the individual runic letters by pronouncing the sounds of their regional accents. Some of these inscriptions also bore the influence of other cultures
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Photographing Our Seas:...
that a lot of the wildlife has with these salmon. And I had dreamt up this picture of a split-level. Which is half underwater, half above water. Underwater you have the salmon, and above you have a bear with the salmon in its mouth. And the waterfall flowing by with a rainbow running diagonally across the frame.
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Scott McCloud:...
Interestingly, they seem to correspond more or less to Jung's four subdivisions of human thought. And they reflect a dichotomy of art and delight on left and the right; tradition and revolution on the top and the bottom. And if you go on the diagonal, you get content and form, and then beauty and truth.
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This was a patient-centered organization, so they laid on cars for their patients. But what they realized when they started offering chemotherapy is the patients rarely wanted to get in cars. They were too nauseous, so they'd walk back to their hotels. This desire path that you see diagonally, formed.
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Jeff Hancock: 3 types of...
Along the bottom is how tall they said they were in their profile. Along the y-axis, the vertical axis, is how tall they actually were. That diagonal line is the truth line. If their dot's on it, they were telling exactly the truth. Now, as you see, most of the little dots are below the line.
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Orangutan understands 72...
and you'll notice that it starts with a rectangle on the outside or the exterior, and all food symbols start with a rectangle. You notice there's a diagonal line going from corner to corner and a dot right in the center. That is the only symbol that will ever look that way.
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Alex Smith: An NFL...
which means that my leg was twisted and snapped diagonally, kind of like a corkscrew. And yes, it's as painful as it sounds. I knew right there on the field that my season was done. What took me a little longer to figure out was that my life was about to change forever.
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Making food transparent...
chronic illness was actually a severe under allergy to penicillin as well as some other allergies to gluten to titanium dioxide to food dyes and a mild intolerance to glucose these diagonals was truly empowering and life-saving but
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Can you solve the Trojan...
plus neither side completely surrounds the other, peace will prevail. Anyone can move to a horizontally or vertically adjacent camp, but never diagonally. The problem is, they’re currently arranged like this.
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One of the most epic...
which hung from smaller vertical cables. But Roebling’s model also drew from cable-stayed bridges. These shorter structures held up their decks with diagonal cables that ran directly to support towers.
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The secret messages of...
Runes are short, straight, and diagonal lines that make up an alphabet called the “futhark.” All classes of people spoke and wrote this language, in many different dialects. There was no standard spelling, they wrote the individual runic letters by pronouncing the sounds of their regional accents. Some of these inscriptions also bore the influence of other cultures
Video examples
Photographing Our Seas:...
that a lot of the wildlife has with these salmon. And I had dreamt up this picture of a split-level. Which is half underwater, half above water. Underwater you have the salmon, and above you have a bear with the salmon in its mouth. And the waterfall flowing by with a rainbow running diagonally across the frame.
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Scott McCloud:...
Interestingly, they seem to correspond more or less to Jung's four subdivisions of human thought. And they reflect a dichotomy of art and delight on left and the right; tradition and revolution on the top and the bottom. And if you go on the diagonal, you get content and form, and then beauty and truth.
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What can we learn from...
This was a patient-centered organization, so they laid on cars for their patients. But what they realized when they started offering chemotherapy is the patients rarely wanted to get in cars. They were too nauseous, so they'd walk back to their hotels. This desire path that you see diagonally, formed.
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Jeff Hancock: 3 types of...
Along the bottom is how tall they said they were in their profile. Along the y-axis, the vertical axis, is how tall they actually were. That diagonal line is the truth line. If their dot's on it, they were telling exactly the truth. Now, as you see, most of the little dots are below the line.
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Orangutan understands 72...
and you'll notice that it starts with a rectangle on the outside or the exterior, and all food symbols start with a rectangle. You notice there's a diagonal line going from corner to corner and a dot right in the center. That is the only symbol that will ever look that way.
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Alex Smith: An NFL...
which means that my leg was twisted and snapped diagonally, kind of like a corkscrew. And yes, it's as painful as it sounds. I knew right there on the field that my season was done. What took me a little longer to figure out was that my life was about to change forever.
Video examples
Making food transparent...
chronic illness was actually a severe under allergy to penicillin as well as some other allergies to gluten to titanium dioxide to food dyes and a mild intolerance to glucose these diagonals was truly empowering and life-saving but
Video examples
Can you solve the Trojan...
plus neither side completely surrounds the other, peace will prevail. Anyone can move to a horizontally or vertically adjacent camp, but never diagonally. The problem is, they’re currently arranged like this.
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One of the most epic...
which hung from smaller vertical cables. But Roebling’s model also drew from cable-stayed bridges. These shorter structures held up their decks with diagonal cables that ran directly to support towers.
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Tim Henman
British Tennis Player
During rallies, it's always crucial to make Nadal cover the whole width of the court. He likes to camp out in his backhand corner, spearing that big off-forehand diagonally across the court. So the backhand down the line is a vital shot, because it moves Nadal out of his most favoured position.
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Lawrence Hargrave
Australian Scientist
If you direct your attention to the position of a bird with regard to the wave surface, it will speedily be noticed to be nearly always on the rising side or face of the wave and moving apparently at right angles to the wave's course, but really diagonal to it.
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Harry Nilsson
American Musician
It was just a typical London flat, but it was in a great neighborhood. It was across from the Playboy Club, diagonally. From one balcony you could read the time from Big Ben, and from the other balcony you could watch the bunnies go up and down.
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Frank Deford
American Writer
I never saw war, so that is still my vision of manhood: Unitas standing courageously in the pocket, his left arm flung out in a diagonal to the upper deck, his right cocked for the business of passing, down amidst the mortals. Lock and load.
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Raymond Sokolov
American Journalist
The Bar Room has a corner table placed strategically at a point diagonally across from the entrance. the table of tables in the setting of settings in the building of buildings. In the religion of lunch, this is the holy of holies.
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Dan Flavin
American Sculptor
A piece of wall can be visually disintegrated from the whole into a separate triangle by plunging a diagonal of light from edge to edge on the wall; that is, side to floor, for instance.
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Karlheinz Stockhausen
German Composer
Or in other works I have also projected the sound in a cube of loudspeakers. The sound can move vertically and diagonally at all speeds around the public.
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Howard Staunton
English Celebrity
The Bishop moves diagonally forwards or backwards, to the extent of the Board.
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William R. Alger
American Writer
The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.
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Trevor Ariza
I'm 6'7' and like to sleep diagonally.
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Tim Henman
British Tennis Player
During rallies, it's always crucial to make Nadal cover the whole width of the court. He likes to camp out in his backhand corner, spearing that big off-forehand diagonally across the court. So the backhand down the line is a vital shot, because it moves Nadal out of his most favoured position.
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Lawrence Hargrave
Australian Scientist
If you direct your attention to the position of a bird with regard to the wave surface, it will speedily be noticed to be nearly always on the rising side or face of the wave and moving apparently at right angles to the wave's course, but really diagonal to it.
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Harry Nilsson
American Musician
It was just a typical London flat, but it was in a great neighborhood. It was across from the Playboy Club, diagonally. From one balcony you could read the time from Big Ben, and from the other balcony you could watch the bunnies go up and down.
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Frank Deford
American Writer
I never saw war, so that is still my vision of manhood: Unitas standing courageously in the pocket, his left arm flung out in a diagonal to the upper deck, his right cocked for the business of passing, down amidst the mortals. Lock and load.
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Raymond Sokolov
American Journalist
The Bar Room has a corner table placed strategically at a point diagonally across from the entrance. the table of tables in the setting of settings in the building of buildings. In the religion of lunch, this is the holy of holies.
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Dan Flavin
American Sculptor
A piece of wall can be visually disintegrated from the whole into a separate triangle by plunging a diagonal of light from edge to edge on the wall; that is, side to floor, for instance.
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Karlheinz Stockhausen
German Composer
Or in other works I have also projected the sound in a cube of loudspeakers. The sound can move vertically and diagonally at all speeds around the public.
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Howard Staunton
English Celebrity
The Bishop moves diagonally forwards or backwards, to the extent of the Board.
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William R. Alger
American Writer
The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.
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Trevor Ariza
I'm 6'7' and like to sleep diagonally.
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