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DiagonalDiagonal Di*ag"o*nal, a. [L. diagonalis, fr. Gr. ? from to
angle; dia` through + ? an angle; perh. akin to E. knee: cf.
F. diagonal.] (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[deg] 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. Diagonal
Diagonal Di*ag"o*nal, 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.
Meaning of Diagonal from wikipedia
- In geometry, a
diagonal is a line
segment joining two
vertices of a
polygon or polyhedron, when
those vertices are not on the same edge. Informally, any...
- Look up
diagonalization in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In
logic and mathematics,
diagonalization may
refer to:
Matrix diagonalization, a construction...
- non-defective if it is
similar to a
diagonal matrix. That is, if
there exists an
invertible matrix P {\displaystyle P} and a
diagonal matrix D {\displaystyle D}...
- In
linear algebra, a
diagonal matrix is a
matrix in
which the
entries outside the main
diagonal are all zero; the term
usually refers to
square matrices...
-
linear algebra, the main
diagonal (sometimes prin****l
diagonal,
primary diagonal,
leading diagonal,
major diagonal, or good
diagonal) of a
matrix A {\displaystyle...
- The
empty diagonal (French:
diagonale du vide) is a band of low-density po****tion that
stretches from the
French department of the
Landes in the southwest...
- Cantor's
diagonal argument, also
called the
diagonalisation argument, the
diagonal slash argument, the anti-
diagonal argument, the
diagonal method, and...
-
Diagonal pliers (also
known as wire
cutters or
diagonal cutting pliers, or
under many
regional names) are
pliers intended for the
cutting of wire (they...
- the same
diagonal throughout the same match. Most
initially opted for the right-wing
diagonal although over the
years the left-wing
diagonal became increasingly...
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known as the anti-
diagonal (sometimes
Harrison diagonal,
secondary diagonal,
trailing diagonal,
minor diagonal, off
diagonal or bad
diagonal). An n-by-n matrix...