Hyphenation of diagonal

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word diagonal ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

di-ag-o-nal

Definitions of diagonal :

1.
(geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
2.
A line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
3.
An oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard
The bishop moves on the diagonals
4.
(mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry
5.
A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
6.
Connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face
A diagonal line across the page
7.
Having an oblique or slanted direction

Synonyms of diagonal :

adj oblique
adj aslant, aslope, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping, inclined
nounstraight line
noun bias, straight line
noun line, line
noun set
noun solidus, slash, virgule, stroke, separatrix, punctuation, punctuation mark

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