Part 3061

<hw>Di`ag*nos"ti*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Diagnostic</er>.]</ety> <def>To make a diagnosis of; to recognize by its symptoms, as a disease.</def>

<h1>Diagnostics</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di`ag*nos"tics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That part of medicine which has to do with ascertaining the nature of diseases by means of their symptoms or signs.</def>

<blockquote>His rare skill in <b>diagnostics</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Diagometer</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di`a*gom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to transmit + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <def>A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conducting power.</def>

<i>Nichol.</i>

<h1>Diagonal</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di*ag"o*nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>diagonalis</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ from to angle; <?/ through + <?/ an angle; perh. akin to E. <ets>knee</ets>: cf. F. <ets>diagonal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the sides.</def>

<cs><col>Diagonal bond</col> <fld>(Masonry)</fld>, <cd>herringbone work. See <er>Herringbone</er>, <tt>a.</tt></cd> -- <col>Diagonal built</col> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld>, <cd>built by forming the outer skin of two layers of planking, making angles of about 45&deg; with the keel, in opposite directions.</cd> -- <col>Diagonal cleavage</col>. <cd>See under <er>Cleavage</er>.</cd> -- <col>Diagonal molding</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a chevron or zigzag molding.</cd> -- <col>Diagonal rib</col>. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Cross-springer</er>.</cd> -- <col>Diagonal scale</col>, <cd>a scale which consists of a set of parallel lines, with other lines crossing them obliquely, so that their intersections furnish smaller subdivisions of the unit of measure than could be conveniently marked on a plain scale.</cd> -- <col>Diagonal stratification</col>. <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <cd>Same as <i>Cross bedding<i>, under <er>Cross</er>, <tt>a.</tt></cd></cs>

<h1>Diagonal</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di*ag"o*nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A right line drawn from one angle to another not adjacent, of a figure of four or more sides, and dividing it into two parts.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Engin.)</fld> <def>A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A diagonal cloth; a kind of cloth having diagonal stripes, ridges, or welts made in the weaving.</def>

<h1>Diagonally</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di*ag"o*nal*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a diagonal direction.</def>

<h1>Diagonial</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di`a*go"ni*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Diagonal; diametrical; hence; diametrically opposed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Sin can have no tenure by law at all, but is rather an eternal outlaw, and in hostility with law past all atonement; both <b>diagonal</b> contraries, as much allowing one another as day and night together in one hemisphere. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Diagram</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di"a*gram</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to mark out by lines; <?/ through + <?/ to draw, write: cf. F. <ets>diagramme</ets>. See <er>Graphic</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement, or facilitate a demonstration; a plan.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any simple drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes, or to assist a verbal explanation which refers to it; a mechanical drawing, as distinguished from an artistical one.</def>

<cs><col>Indicator diagram</col>. <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Indicator card</cref>, under <er>indicator</er></cd></cs>

<h1>Diagram</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di"a*gram</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To put into the form of a diagram.</def>

<h1>Diagrammatic</h1> <Xpage=405>