diagonal
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
Types & categories
- straight line hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face
a diagonal line across the page
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
Types & categories
- straight line hypernym
Related & opposite
- sloping derivation
Sense 4 adjective
having an oblique or slanted direction
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard
the bishop moves on the diagonals
Types & categories
- line hypernym
- line hypernym
- main diagonal hyponym
- secondary diagonal hyponym
Parts & wholes
- checkerboard part holonym
Related & opposite
- sloping derivation
Sense 6 noun
(mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry
Types & categories
- set hypernym
Parts & wholes
- square matrix part holonym
Related & opposite
- diagonalize derivation
- sloping derivation
- mathematics domain topic
Sense 7 noun
a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
Types & categories
- punctuation mark hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | diagonal |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | geometry |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | straight line |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | diagonal |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | oblique |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sloping |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | straight line |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | diagonal |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | diagonal |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bias |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | inclined |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sloping |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | checkerboard |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | line |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | line |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | main diagonal |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | secondary diagonal |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | diagonalize |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sloping |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | mathematics |
| 6 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | square matrix |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | set |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | punctuation mark |