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Meaning of Diagonal | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
daɪˈæɡənəl

Definitions

  1. A city and town in Iowa.
  2. A line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.
  3. Anything forming or resembling such a line
  4. A line or plane at an oblique angle to another.
  5. A line or cut across a fabric at an oblique angle to its sides.
  6. Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
    uncommon

Equivalents

العربية القطر قطر قطري مائل
Български кос
বাংলা কর্ণ
Català diagonal
Español diagonal
Français diagonal diagonale
Gaeilge trasnán
Italiano diagonale
日本語 対角 斜め 筋交い
한국어 사행
Kurdî ferde hilîs
Македонски кос
Nederlands diagonaal
Português diagonal diagonal
Slovenčina diagonálny
Српски dijagonala vino дијагонала кос
Svenska diagonal
Tagalog hilis

Examples

“Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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