Diagonal vs Askew - What's the difference?
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(geometry) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
Having a slanted or oblique direction, lines or markings.
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Pertaining to the front left and back right (or the front right and back left) legs of a quadruped.
something arranged diagonally or obliquely
a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
a punctuation mark used to separate related items of information
(geometry) a diagonal line or plane
(geometry) a line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.
Diagonal is a related term of askew.
As adjectives the difference between diagonal and askew
is that diagonal is (geometry) joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron) while askew is turned or twisted to one side.As a noun diagonal
is something arranged diagonally or obliquely.As an adverb askew is
tilted to one side.diagonal
English
(wikipedia diagonal)Adjective
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