Definition of "diagonals" [diagonals]

• Plural form of diagonal. (noun)

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• "Unidentified Man #1: (Foreign language spoken) McEVERS: Molinari's men draw diagrams of how soldiers should move in diagonals, not straight lines."
• "That the maximum horizontal component of the stresses in each of the diagonals is a constant quantity, not only for tension and compression, but for all the diagonals."
• "Upon the diagonals were the figures 20 and 17, and on each side of the parallelogram stood a letter signifying the point of the compass."