Once the Sun is totally eclipsed, the Sun's corona can be seen shining in all directions around the Moon. This is a spectacular sight because the only time the Sun's corona can be seen is during a total solar eclipse.
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Corona
//kəˈɹəʊ.nə//
Synonyms for "corona" (133 found)
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1 entriesderived
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13 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
81 translations across 28 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- korona noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
Bulgarian
2 entries- корона noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
- корона noun (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 日冕 noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
- 蒄 noun (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services)
- 龜頭 /龟头 noun (circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males — see also corona glandis penis)
Dutch
1 entries- corona noun ((informal) disease caused by a coronavirus)
Finnish
4 entries- corona noun (long, straight-sided cigar with a blunt, rounded end)
- kattokruunu noun (large, round pendent chandelier)
- korona noun (circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males — see also corona glandis penis)
- korona noun (large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature)
French
2 entries- couronne noun (circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males — see also corona glandis penis)
- couronne noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
German
2 entries- Korona noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
- Krone noun (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services)
Greek
4 entries- κορώνα noun (ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants — see also paraperigonium)
- κορώνα noun (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services)
- στέμμα noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
- στέμμα noun (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services)
Hungarian
3 entries- fényudvar noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
- korona noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
- korona noun (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services)
Icelandic
3 entries- krúna noun (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services)
- kóróna noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
- kóróna noun (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services)
Indonesian
3 entries- korona noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
- korona noun (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services)
- mahkota noun (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services)
Italian
4 entries- corona noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
- corona noun (ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants — see also paraperigonium)
- corona noun (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services)
- corona noun (series of linked sonnets)
Japanese
3 entries- コロナ noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
- 副花冠 noun (ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants — see also paraperigonium)
- 雁首 noun (circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males — see also corona glandis penis)
Korean
1 entries- 코로나 noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
Latin
1 entries- corona noun (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services)
Macedonian
1 entries- коро́на noun ((informal) disease caused by a coronavirus)
Malay
1 entries- mahkota noun (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services)
Persian
1 entries- تاج noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
Polish
1 entries- korona noun ((informal) disease caused by a coronavirus)
Portuguese
2 entries- coroa noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
- corona noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
Romanian
1 entries- coroană noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
Russian
4 entries- ве́нчик noun (ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants — see also paraperigonium)
- коро́на noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
- коро́на noun (ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants — see also paraperigonium)
- коро́на noun (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services)
Slovene
1 entries- koróna noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
Spanish
2 entries- corona noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
- corona noun (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services)
Swedish
1 entries- korona noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
Turkish
1 entries- taç noun (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services)
Ukrainian
1 entries- коро́на noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nhật hoa noun (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)
Sample sentences
64 total sentences available.
This first flyby will place Parker Solar Probe in position in early November to fly as close as 15 million miles from the Sun – within the blazing solar atmosphere, known as the corona – closer than anything made by humanity has ever gone before.
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Parker Solar Probe will set its sights on the corona to solve long-standing, foundational mysteries of our Sun.
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What is the secret of the scorching corona, which is more than 300 times hotter than the Sun’s surface, thousands of miles below?
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