DIAGONAL

adj. Di-a2g'o2n-a2l. From , through, and yiovta, an angle. Fr., Ger., d. Extending from one angle of a figure to an opposite or nearly opposite angle; as a n., a d. diameter. Hinterhauptsd' (Ger.). The straight line uniting the parietal eminence of one side and the point of union of the lambdoid and occipito-masroid sutures of the opposite side. [" Arch. f. Anthrop.," li, p. 305 (L).] Scheiteld' (Ger.). A straight line between the frontal eminence of one side and the parietal eminence of the other side. [' Arch, f. Anthrop.," ii, p. 298 (L).] [s. 548]