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CORONA
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Irregular inflected form: coronae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A long cigar with blunt ends
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("corona" is a kind of...):
cigar (a roll of tobacco for smoking)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("corona" is a kind of...):
anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)
Domain category:
anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)
Derivation:
coronary (surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart))
Sense 3
Meaning:
The outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
Synonyms:
aureole; corona
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("corona" is a kind of...):
glow; glowing; radiance (the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface)
Holonyms ("corona" is a part of...):
nimbus; nimbus cloud; rain cloud (a dark grey cloud bearing rain)
Sense 4
Meaning:
One or more circles of light seen around a luminous object
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("corona" is a kind of...):
light; visible light; visible radiation ((physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation)
Sense 5
Meaning:
An electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere
Synonyms:
corona; corona discharge; corposant; electric glow; Saint Elmo's fire; Saint Elmo's light; Saint Ulmo's fire; Saint Ulmo's light; St. Elmo's fire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("corona" is a kind of...):
arc; discharge; electric arc; electric discharge; spark (electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field)
Sense 6
Meaning:
(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("corona" is a kind of...):
plant part; plant structure (any part of a plant or fungus)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Holonyms ("corona" is a part of...):
corolla ((botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth)
