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
noun	straight line
noun	bias, straight line
noun	line, line
noun	set
noun	solidus, slash, virgule, stroke, separatrix, punctuation, punctuation mark

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.