What does "coronal" mean?
A crown or coronet.
Coronal
/ˈkɒɹənəl/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A crown or coronet.
- Grammar: coronal is listed as adj, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: anterior, chaplet, coronet, crown.
- Useful contrasts: apical, photosphere, sagittal.
- Usage evidence: Just as weather varies on Earth, occasionally bringing thunderstorms and gusty winds, the ever-changing Sun sometimes hurls massive clouds of solar material and magnetic fields into space, called coronal mass ejections, or CMEs.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A crown or coronet.
"Therfore aryse and dresse the thow gloton / For this day shall thou dye of my hand / Thenne the gloton anone starte vp and tooke a grete clubbe in his hand / and smote at the kynge that his coronal fylle to the erthe"
- 2 Alternative form of cronel (“lance-part”). alt-of, alternative
"By Mr. Neville's kindness an accurate drawing of this relic has been obtained, and, considering the circumstances of its discovery, it has been conjectured that it may have been the coronal of a tilting lance."
- 3 Obsolete form of colonel. alt-of, obsolete
- 4 flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes wordnet
- 5 A wreath or garland of flowers.
"The bowl is in the Renaissance style, with winged figures supporting coronals and wreaths of flowers, and on the edge is an emblematic figure pouring out water."
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- 6 The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands.
"Oxycephaly results from the fusion of both coronal sutures and of the sagittal suture; trigonocephaly from a fusion of both coronals; […]"
- 7 A consonant produced with the tip or blade of the tongue.
"This structurally accounts for a number of phenomena that treat coronals asymetrically with respect to other places of articulation."
Adjective
- 1 Relating to a crown or coronation.
"The law and his coronal oath require his undeniable assent to what laws the Parliament agree upon."
- 2 Relating to the corona of a star.
"The coronal light during the eclipse is faint."
- 3 Relating to the corona of a flower.
- 4 Relating to a sound made with the tip or blade of the tongue.
- 5 Relating to the coronal plane that divides a body into dorsal (back) and ventral (front).
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- 6 Relating to the external (supragingival) portion of the tooth.
- 7 Relating to the corona glandis.
- 8 Relating to a coroner's findings.
Antonyms
Example
"Just as weather varies on Earth, occasionally bringing thunderstorms and gusty winds, the ever-changing Sun sometimes hurls massive clouds of solar material and magnetic fields into space, called coronal mass ejections, or CMEs."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "coronal"?
Common synonyms include: anterior, chaplet, coronet, crown, drapery, frontal.
How do you use "coronal" in a sentence?
Just as weather varies on Earth, occasionally bringing thunderstorms and gusty winds, the ever-changing Sun sometimes hurls massive clouds of solar material and magnetic fields into space, called coronal mass ejections, or CMEs.
How do you pronounce "coronal"?
Pronounced /ˈkɒɹənəl/.
Etymology
From Middle English coronal, from Anglo-Norman coronal, from Latin corōnālis (“related to a crown”), from corōna (“a crown”).