All 5 Uses of
diagonal
in
The Fountainhead
- A shadow cut diagonally across his face.†
Chpt 1.15 *
- If we take the horizontal as the one-dimensional, the vertical as the two-dimensional, the diagonal as the three-dimensional, and the interpenetration of spaces as the fourth-dimensional—architecture being a fourth-dimensional art—we can see quite simply that this building is homaloidal, or—in the language of the layman—flat.†
Chpt 2.12
- Two diagonal ridges stood out faintly on his forehead, parallel with his slanting eyebrows.†
Chpt 3.1
- The diagonal lines stood out sharper on Wynand's forehead.†
Chpt 3.1
- There were a few lights, cars parked diagonally at the curb, a movie theater, a store window displaying pink underwear among kitchen utensils.†
Chpt 3.5
Definition:
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(diagonal) a straight line connecting opposite corners of a rectangle; or a slope that could connect the corners of an imaginary rectangle that has one side parallel to the floor