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adjective

Diagonal adj. (Geom.) Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the sides.

Diagonal bond (Masonry), herringbone work. See Herringbone, a.

Diagonal built (Shipbuilding), built by forming the outer skin of two layers of planking, making angles of about 45° with the keel, in opposite directions.

Diagonal cleavage. See under Cleavage.

Diagonal molding (Arch.), a chevron or zigzag molding.

Diagonal rib. (Arch.) See Cross-springer.

Diagonal scale, a scale which consists of a set of parallel lines, with other lines crossing them obliquely, so that their intersections furnish smaller subdivisions of the unit of measure than could be conveniently marked on a plain scale.

Diagonal stratification. (Geol.) Same as Cross bedding, under Cross, a.

noun

Diagonal n.

1.

A right line drawn from one angle to another not adjacent, of a figure of four or more sides, and dividing it into two parts.

2.

(Engin.) A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel.

3.

A diagonal cloth; a kind of cloth having diagonal stripes, ridges, or welts made in the weaving.

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Etymology of 'Diagonal'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Diagonal" Quotes from Famous Books

... condescending to a joke—rather hard than firm—reasoning with no one—not even himself—a good father, and doubtless a good husband—(a duty, by the way, and not a virtue;) in short, evil but not bad. The principal, the diagonal line of this man's character was obstinacy; he was proud of it, and therein compared himself to Napoleon, when he had once fixed what he called his will upon an absurdity, he went to its furthest length, holding ...

— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 • Various

... with some difficulty, and diagonal struts were fastened from the top of the front row to the base of the rear. Horizontal beams then secured the entire line ...

— Ismailia • Samuel W. Baker

... attached to another conductor, but thrown into an uninsulated state by connection with a discharging train (292.). The two intervals or places of discharge n and o could be varied at pleasure, their extent being measured by the occasional introduction of a diagonal scale. It is evident, that, as the balls A and B connected with the same conductor are always charged at once, and that discharge may take place to either of the balls connected with the discharging ...

— Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 • Michael Faraday

... timidly within, his head bowed as if in dread of knocking against the top of the door. The room was a perfect fac-simile of Milly's parlor at the other end of the diagonal, save that instead of the festive bottles and paper bags on the small side-table, there was a cheerless clothes-brush. Like Milly's, the room contained a round table, a chest of drawers with decanters on the top, and a high mantelpiece decorated with ...

— Children of the Ghetto • I. Zangwill

... the country are you from?" asked Mrs. Perkin, with her usual diagonal upward toss of the chin, but without lifting her ...

— Mary Marston • George MacDonald

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