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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


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The chip is giant, taking up an entire 300 millimeter silicon wafer, almost a foot long across the chip’s diagonal line.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Downtown Los Angeles’ street grid is diagonal, a legacy of Spanish rule.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Giant anteaters have black and white diagonal stripes, dense shaggy hair and super-sized snouts.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

So with his season on the line on Sunday, McCollum drew up a diagonal full-court sprint that befuddled the Gators’ defense and ended with a wide-open 3-pointer for junior Alvaro Folgueiras.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

“For Gogol Ganguli,” it says on the front endpaper in his father’s tranquil hand, in red ballpoint ink, the letters rising gradually, optimistically, on the diagonal toward the upper right-hand corner of the page.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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