Word Meanings - DIAGONALLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In a diagonal direction.

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
DIRECTION
The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object. Wilhelm. Syn. -- Administration; guidance; management; superintendence;
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.
MISDIRECTION
An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law. Mozley & W. (more info) 1. The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.
INDIRECTION
Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness. "By indirections find directions out." Shak.
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.