corona plural
co·ro·na
The plural form of corona is coronas
C cDefinitions
- noun plural corona a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon. 1
- noun plural corona Meteorology. such a circle or set of circles having a small radius and ranging in color from blue inside to red outside, attributable to the diffraction caused by thin clouds, mist, or sometimes dust (distinguished from halo). 1
- noun plural corona Also called aureola, aureole. Astronomy. a faintly luminous envelope outside of the sun's chromosphere, the inner part consisting of highly ionized elements. 1
- noun plural corona a long, straight, untapered cigar, rounded at the closed end. 1
- noun plural corona Botany. a crownlike appendage, especially one on the inner side of a corolla, as in the narcissus. 1
- noun plural corona Anatomy. the upper portion or crown of a part, as of the head. 1
- noun plural corona Electricity. corona discharge. 1
- noun plural corona Architecture. the projecting, slablike member of a classical cornice supported by the bed molding or by modillions, dentils, etc., and supporting the cymatium. 1
- noun plural corona the tonsure of a cleric. 1
- noun plural corona Ecclesiastical. a gold-colored stripe around the lower edge of a clerical headdress, as of a miter. 1
- noun plural corona a chandelier of wrought metal, having the form of one or more concentric hoops. 1