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diagonal

[dahy-ag-uh-nl, -ag-nl] / daɪˈæg ə nl, -ˈæg nl /
ADJECTIVE
having an oblique direction
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK
askew beveled cater-corner cater-cornered catercorner catty-cornered kitty-corner kitty-cornered skewing slanting transversal transverse


Example Sentences

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The display of the biggest iPhone now is more than double the diagonal length of the original.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"My work presents a new three-dimensional model for the magnetic field reversal. From Earth, this would appear as the diagonal that we observe in the data," Booth explains.

From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026

She was holding a cup of coffee and a homemade turkey sandwich — white bread, cut on the diagonal, slathered with Kewpie mayo and layered with lettuce — tucked into a brown paper bag.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026

The fourth goal came in stoppage time when Berterame finished off a diagonal cross from the right.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

One of the first mathematical proofs in history was about the incommensurability/irrationality of the square’s diagonal.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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