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Diagonal.

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• DIAGONAL
  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 , herringbone work. See Herringbone, a. -- Diagonal built , built by forming
• DIAGONALLY
  In a diagonal direction.
• ORTHODIAGONAL
  The diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which is at right angles with the vertical axis.
• BRACHYDIAGONAL
  Pertaining to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism. Brachydiagonal axis, the shorter lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal.
• CLINODIAGONAL
  That diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which makes an oblique angle witch the vertical axis. See Crystallization. -- a.
• MACRODIAGONAL
  The longer of two diagonals, as of a rhombic prism. See Crystallization.