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diagonal 1. Maths connecting any two vertices that in a polygon are not adjacent and in a polyhedron are not in the same face 2. Maths a diagonal line or plane 3. Chess any oblique row of squares of the same colour 4. cloth marked or woven with slanting lines or patterns 5. one front leg and the hind leg on the opposite side of a horse, which are on the ground together when the horse is trotting diagonal [dī′ag·ən·əl] (civil engineering) A sloping structural member, under compression or tension or both, of a truss or bracing system. (mathematics) The set of points all of whose coordinates are equal to one another in ann-dimensional coordinate system. A line joining opposite vertices of a polygon with an even number of sides. (optics) A plane mirror or prism face mounted near the eyepiece of a telescope at an angle to the light path, to redirect the light for convenience of observation or to reduce the intensity of the image of the sun so that it can be observed directly. (textiles) A heavy twilled fabric. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If many simultaneously and variously directed forces act on a given body, the direction of its motion cannot coincide with any one of those forces, but will always be a mean- what in mechanics is represented by the diagonal of a parallelogram of forces. That morning, finding that I was to be involved in the horrid disappointment he had prepared for the mutineers, he had run all the way to the cave, and leaving the squire to guard the captain, had taken Gray and the maroon and started, making the diagonal across the island to be at hand beside the pine. Captain Nemo intended seeking the bottom of the ocean by a diagonal sufficiently lengthened by means of lateral planes placed at an angle of 45@ with the water-line of the Nautilus. |
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