Diagonals is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Diagonals meaning
plural of diagonal
Using Diagonals
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of diagonal
- In the example corpus, diagonals often appears in combinations such as: the diagonals, diagonals of, diagonals are.
Context around Diagonals
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Diagonals
- In this selection, "diagonals" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, two, unequal, four, perpendicularly, bisect and lies stand out and add context to how "diagonals" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include that the diagonals bisect each and that the diagonals perpendicularly bisect. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "diagonals" sits close to words such as abrasion, abscess and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with diagonals
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
American Navajo Indians used bold diagonals and rectangular motifs. (9 words)
An equivalent condition is that the diagonals perpendicularly bisect each other. (11 words)
Along the two diagonals are two Reuten, small triangular shovels with a slightly bent shaft. (15 words)
By deconstructing the show’s logo and using the four diagonals of the letter ‘’W’’ as a base grid for all on-air layouts, CapeRock gave the show a solid but unique foundation to build its visuals around. (38 words)
Let vectors AC and BD form the diagonals from A to C and from B to D. The area of the quadrilateral is then : which is half the magnitude of the cross product of vectors AC and BD. (38 words)
The most general kite has unequal diagonals, but there is an infinite number of (non-similar) kites in which the diagonals are equal in length (and the kites are not any other named quadrilateral). (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Diagonals The diagonals of Pascal's triangle contain the figurate numbers of simplices: * The diagonals going along the left and right edges contain only 1's.
In any convex quadrilateral the bimedians m, n and the diagonals p, q are related by the inequality : with equality holding if and only if the diagonals are equal.
The most general kite has unequal diagonals, but there is an infinite number of (non-similar) kites in which the diagonals are equal in length (and the kites are not any other named quadrilateral).
The square’s diagonals are formed by two rows of same-sized mounds, some of which were excavated.
By deconstructing the show’s logo and using the four diagonals of the letter ‘’W’’ as a base grid for all on-air layouts, CapeRock gave the show a solid but unique foundation to build its visuals around.
A construction of a magic square of order 4 (This is reflection of Albrecht Dürer's square.) Go left to right through the square counting and filling in on the diagonals only.
Along the two diagonals are two Reuten, small triangular shovels with a slightly bent shaft.
Alternative definitions are a quadrilateral with an axis of symmetry bisecting one pair of opposite sides, or a trapezoid with diagonals of equal length.
American Navajo Indians used bold diagonals and rectangular motifs.
An equivalent condition is that opposite sides are parallel (a square is a parallelogram), that the diagonals perpendicularly bisect each other, and are of equal length.
An equivalent condition is that the diagonals bisect each other and are equal in length.
An equivalent condition is that the diagonals perpendicularly bisect each other.
A sufficient condition for similarity of polygons is that corresponding sides and diagonals are proportional.
Composition IX has highly contrasted, powerful diagonals whose central form gives the impression of an embryo in the womb.
Concave quadrilaterals In a concave quadrilateral, one interior angle is bigger than 180° and one of the two diagonals lies outside the quadrilateral.
Different constraints Sometimes the rules for magic squares are relaxed, so that only the rows and columns but not necessarily the diagonals sum to the magic constant (this is usually called a semimagic square).
Equivalent conditions are that opposite sides are of equal length; that opposite angles are equal; or that the diagonals bisect each other.
If the formats have approximately the same aspect ratios, the characteristic dimensions can be the format diagonals; if the aspect ratios differ considerably (e.
In a convex quadrilateral, there is the following dual connection between the bimedians and the diagonals: citation.
Let vectors AC and BD form the diagonals from A to C and from B to D. The area of the quadrilateral is then : which is half the magnitude of the cross product of vectors AC and BD.
Common combinations with diagonals
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the diagonals 20×
- diagonals of 8×
- diagonals are 7×
- diagonals the 3×
- two diagonals 3×
- diagonals and 3×
- and diagonals 3×
- diagonals in 2×
- diagonals perpendicularly 2×
- diagonals bisect 2×