corona

Noun

corona (plural: coronae or coronas)

1. A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
2. (astronomy): The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse,
3. (biology): Any crown-like appendage of a plant or animal.

6 letters in word "corona": A C N O O R.

Anagrams of corona:

• racoon

Words found within corona:

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• Definitions:
• the outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere, visible to the eye during a total solar eclipse; it can also be observed through special filters ...
• Very hot, tenuous, outer layer of the solar atmosphere, fully ionized, affected by the solar magnetic field, region from which solar wind is emitted
• a crown; the whorl of structures between the corolla and stamens (Asclepiadaceae Passifloraceae)
• In a general sense, the visable flow produced by ionized air in the path of a high voltage electrical discharge. In electrostatics, the specific type of charging unit employed.
• The outer layer, and hottest part, of the Sun's atmosphere,
• The most familiar size and shape for premium cigars: generally straight-sided with an open foot and a closed, rounded head.
• The outermost layer of the solar atmosphere, characterized by low densities and high temperatures, often several million degrees kelvin. (go to where the term first appears in the text).
• the upper atmosphere of the Sun that appears as a halo around the Sun during a total eclipse.
• Microsoft's code name for its up-coming (March 30, 2002) release of Windows Media Technologies.
• Colored rings about the moon or sun; due to diffraction of light by spherical cloud droplets.
• The outermost layer of the solar atmosphere. The corona consists of a highly rarefied gas with a temperature greater than one million degrees Kelvin. It is visible to the naked eye during a solar eclipse.
• sun’s outer part, visible as a halo during a total solar eclipse around the edge of the moon.
• Hot ionized plasmas in the outer atmospheres of most stars, including the Sun.
• the transparent zone beyond the chromosphere of the sun visible only during a total solar eclipse
• a crown-like apppearance.
• L. from Gr. koróné, a crown. Corona radiata, fibers radiating out like a crown from the internal capsule to various parts of the cerebral hemispheres. The corona radiata was described and named by Reil (1759-1813).
• (co·ro·na) (k?-ro´n?) pl. coronas, coro´nae [L., from Gr. kor?n?] a crown; used in anatomical nomenclature to designate a crownlike eminence or encircling structure.
• 55/8 in x 42 ring gauge. The most familiar shape and size for a premium cigar - also referred to as a parejo.
• the set of colored rings around the sun (or moon) created when it shines through a thin cloud
• A sub-category of Parejos cigars that have an open foot and rounded head. Coronas include Double Coronas, Presidentes, Robustos, and Churchills.
• (????????), a crown, that is, a circular ornament of metal, leaves, or flowers, worn by the ancients round the head or neck, and used as a festive as well as funeral decoration, and as a reward of talent, military, or naval prowess, and civil worth. ...
• Extended outer atmosphere of the Sun. The glow of the corona is a million times less bright than that of the photosphere; it can only be seen when the disk of the Sun is blocked during a total solar eclipse, or by using a cchoronagraph, which artificially blocks the disk of the Sun so that it ...
• a region of very hot gas that surrounds the photosphere of a star.
• The outer atmosphere of the Sun, extending about a million miles above the surface
• The production of positive and negative ions by a very localized high electric field. The field is normally established by applying a high voltage to a conductor in the shape of a sharp point or wire.
• aureole: the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse (botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower corona discharge: an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere one or more circles of light seen around a luminous object (anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape a long cigar with blunt ends
• A corona is a type of plasma "atmosphere" of the Sun or other celestial body, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse, but also observable in a coronagraph.
• Corona is an LRT Station operated by Edmonton Transit System in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is located beneath Jasper Avenue between 107 Street and 108 Street.
• "Corona" is a song by American punk/alternative trio The Minutemen, which was composed by the band's lead singer and guitarist D. Boon.
• Carrom is a family of tabletop games sharing a similarity in that their mechanics lie somewhere between billiards and shuffleboard.
• Corona was the name of a series of US military reconnaissance satellites operated under a CIA program with substantial assistance from the US Air Force, used for photographic surveillance of the Soviet Union, China and other areas from June 1959 until May 1972. ...
• In meteorology, a corona is produced by the diffraction of light from either the Sun or the Moon by individual small water droplets (and sometimes tiny ice crystals) of a cloud. ...
• Corona is the name of the fantasy world in which R.A. Salvatore's The DemonWars Saga and The Highwayman are set.
• Corona is an Italian musical project that rose to popularity on the popular music scene in 1993.
• In planetary geology, a corona (plural: coronae) is an oval-shaped feature. Coronae appear on both the planet Venus and Uranus's moon Miranda and may be formed by upwellings of warm material below the surface.

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