corona
IPA: kɝˈoʊnʌ
noun
- A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.
- (anatomy) An upper or crownlike portion of certain parts of the body.
- A region of the skull located along the coronal suture, at the junction between the frontal bone and the two parietal bones.
- The external (supragingival) portion of the tooth, covered by enamel; the crown.
- The circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males.
- (architecture) The large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature, situated above the bed moulding and below the cymatium.
- (astronomy)
- The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun (the solar corona) or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.
- (also geology) An oval-shaped astrogeological feature, present on both the planet Venus and Uranus's moon Miranda, probably formed by upwellings of warm material below the surface.
- (by extension) Any luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person.
- (biology) Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1).
- (botany) A ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants (Narcissus, Passiflora, etc.); a paraperigonium.
- (zoology)
- An annular ciliated organ on the head of rotifers, used for locomotion and sweeping food into the mouth.
- The main body of the test of an echinoid, consisting of ambulacral and interambulacral areas.
- The crown of a crinoid, consisting of a cuplike central body (theca) and a set of arms.
- (virology) A fringe of large, bulbous surface projections on coronaviruses, formed by viral spike peplomers, creating an appearance reminiscent of the solar corona.
- (electricity) A luminous appearance caused by corona discharge, often seen as a bluish glow in the air adjacent to pointed metal conductors carrying high voltages.
- (meteorology) A circle or set of circles visible around a bright celestial object, especially the Sun or the Moon, attributable to an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of its light by small water droplets or tiny ice crystals.
- (mineralogy) A mineral zone, consisting of one or more minerals, which surrounds another mineral or lies at the interface of two minerals, typically in a radial arrangement; a reaction rim.
- (pathology) A manifestation of secondary syphilis, consisting of papular lesions along the hairline, often bordering the scalp in the manner of a crown.
- (Ancient Rome, historical) A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
- (informal, also attributively) A coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2.
- (informal, also attributively) A disease caused by a coronavirus, especially COVID-19.
- (poetry) A series of sonnets linked together such that the last word of each is the first word of the next.
- A long, straight-sided cigar with a blunt, rounded end.
- A city in Riverside County, California, United States.
- A village in New Mexico, United States.
- A town in South Dakota, United States.
- A neighborhood of the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.
- A surname from Spanish.
- A female given name.
- A male given name.
- A pale lager beer produced by Mexican brewery Grupo Modelo, commonly served with a wedge of lime or lemon in the neck of the bottle.
- Alternative letter-case form of corona (“a coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2”) [A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.]
- Alternative letter-case form of corona (“a disease caused by a coronavirus, especially COVID-19”) [A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.]
- Alternative letter-case form of corona (“a long, straight-sided cigar with a blunt, rounded end”) [A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.]
verb
- (transitive, rare) To surround with a luminous or crownlike ring like the solar corona.
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Examples of "corona" in Sentences
- The rim of the glans is called the corona.
- The corona is the outermost layer of the sun.
- One is the corona, and the other is the frenulum.
- The Gulf of Corona is an extension of the Mirianic Ocean.
- The outcome of this usually known as a corona, or "crown."
- The corona is flowing, the sun is shining, and the life is good.
- The halo of gas extending well beyond the sun is called the corona.
- The cornice is split into the soffit, the corona, and the cymatium.
- The corona and the cymatium are the principal parts of the cornice.
- On their ship, the Carters complete the repairs and leave the corona.
- The physics of positive and negative coronas are strikingly different.
- Beyond the corona is the heliosphere which is also know as the magnetosphere.
- The corona colors are assigned from the base of the corona outward to the rim.
- Melongena corona is an intertidal snail common on sandy bottoms around Tampa, Florida.
- The corona is characterized by solar prominences which are immense clouds of super heated glowing gas that has erupted from the upper chromosphere.
- While Willis considers that the term corona was a common one for an apse at the end of a church, citing "Ducange's Glossary," which defines "Corona Ecclesiæ" as
- The corona is composed of charged particles that become what we call the solar wind as they radiate outward from the Sun at 450 kilometers per second and are responsible for the aurora borealis.
- And there's the moment in solemn liturgies when all the candles are lit: those in the chandeliers and in the central corona; and then the first are made to swing widely, while the great corona is spun on its axis.