CORONA

corona

(noun) a long cigar with blunt ends

corona

(noun) (anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape

aureole, corona

(noun) the outermost region of the sun’s atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse

corona

(noun) one or more circles of light seen around a luminous object

corona

(noun) (botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

Corona

A city in Riverside County, California, United States.

A village in New Mexico, United States.

A town in South Dakota, United States.

A surname of Spanish origin.

A female given name.

A male given name.

Noun

Corona (countable and uncountable, plural Coronas)

A pale lager beer produced by Mexican brewery Cervecería 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”)

Alternative letter-case form of corona (“a coronavirus disease, especially COVID-19”)

Anagrams

• caroon, racoon

Etymology 1

Noun

corona (plural coronas or coronae or coronæ)

(star) The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.

(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.

(by extension) Any luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person.

(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.

(architecture) The large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature, situated above the bed moulding and below the cymatium.

Synonyms: drip, larmier

A large, round pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.

Synonym: corona lucis

(historical, Ancient Rome) A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.

(biology) Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona.

(zoology) An annular ciliated organ on the head of rotifers, used for locomotion and sweeping food into the mouth.

(zoology) The main body of the test of an echinoid, consisting of ambulacral and interambulacral areas.

(zoology) The crown of a crinoid, consisting of a cuplike central body (theca) and a set of arms.

(botany) A paraperigonium; 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.).

(virology) A fringe of large, bulbous surface projections of coronaviruses, formed by viral spike peplomers, creating an image reminiscent of the solar corona.

(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 crown; the external portion of the tooth, covered by enamel.

The circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males.

(medicine) A manifestation of secondary syphilis, consisting of papular lesions along the hairline, often bordering the scalp in the manner of a crown.

Synonyms: corona veneris, crown of Venus

(astronomy, 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.

(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.

Verb

corona (third-person singular simple present coronas, present participle coronaing, simple past and past participle coronaed)

(transitive, rare) To surround with a luminous or crownlike ring as if by the solar corona.

Etymology 2

Noun

corona (countable and uncountable, plural coronas)

(informal) A coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2.

(informal) A coronavirus disease, especially COVID-19.

Synonyms

• rona (informal)

Etymology 3

Noun

corona (plural coronas or corone)

(poetry) A series of sonnets linked together in a particular manner.

Etymology 4

Noun

corona (plural coronas)

A long, straight-sided cigar with a roundly blunt end.

Anagrams

• caroon, racoon

Source: Wiktionary

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Co*ro"na (k-r"n), n.; pl. L. Coronæ (-nCoronas (-n. Etym: [L. corona crown. See Crown.]

1. A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.

2. (Arch.)

Definition: The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column.

3. (Anat.)

Definition: The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown.

4. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The shelly skeleton of a sea urchin.

5. (Astrol.)

Definition: A peculiar luminous apearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.

6. (Bot.) (a) An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil. (b) Any crownlike appendage at the top of an organ.

7. (Meteorol.) (a) A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or moon. (b) A peculiar phase of the aurora borealis, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle.

8. A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis. Fairholt.

9. (Mus.)

Definition: A character [] called the pause or hold.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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