- corona
- corona [kə rō′nə]n.pl. coronas or coronae [kə rō′nē] [L, CROWN]1. a crown or something resembling a crown2. a circular chandelier hanging from a church ceiling3. a long cigar with straight sides and blunt ends4. Anat.a) a crownlike partb) the crown of a tooth, of a skull, etc.5. Archit. the top projection of a cornice6. Astron.a) the layer of ionized gas surrounding the sun, characterized by an extremely low density, an extremely high temperature, and a constantly changing shape extending great distances from the sun: clearly visible during a total solar eclipseb) a ring of colored light seen around a luminous body, as the sun or moon, formed by the diffraction of light caused by mist, dust, etc.7. Bot. an extra whorl of flower parts between the corolla and the stamens, as in the daffodil, forming a crownlike or cuplike part8. Elec. a luminous discharge that may occur around a high-voltage conductor due to ionization of the surrounding air
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.