diagonal

adj 1: at an angle; especially 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"

2: having an oblique or slanted direction [syn: {aslant}, {aslope},

{slanted}, {slanting}, {sloped}, {sloping}]

n 1: a straight line that is not at right angles to a side [syn:

{bias}]

2: a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of

information [syn: {solidus}, {slash}, {virgule}, {stroke},

{separatrix}]