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Definition
a straight line connecting opposite corners of a rectangle; or any slope that could connect the corners of an imaginary rectangle that has one side parallel to the floor
- A shadow cut diagonally across his face.1.15 — Part 1 Chapter 15 (16% in)
- 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.2.12 — Part 2 Chapter 12 (82% in)
- Two diagonal ridges stood out faintly on his forehead, parallel with his slanting eyebrows.3.1 — Part 3 Chapter 1 (20% in)
- The diagonal lines stood out sharper on Wynand's forehead.3.1 — Part 3 Chapter 1 (20% in)
- There were a few lights, cars parked diagonally at the curb, a movie theater, a store window displaying pink underwear among kitchen utensils.3.5 — Part 3 Chapter 5 (67% in)
There are no more uses of "diagonal" in The Fountainhead.
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