Topic: SHAPES, PATTERNS
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | diagonalis, from Greek diagonios 'from angle to angle', from gonia 'angle' |
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di‧ag‧o‧nal
1HMHM a diagonal line is straight and joins two opposite corners of a flat shape, usually a square [↪ horizontal, vertical]
2CF following a sloping angle : diagonal parking spaces
diagonal parking spaces —diagonal noun [countable]
—diagonally adverb: The path goes diagonally across the field.
The path goes diagonally across the field.