corona
pronunciation
How to pronounce corona in British English:
UK [kəˈrəʊnə]
How to pronounce corona in American English:
US [kəˈroʊnə]
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- Noun:
- 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
- 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
Word Origin
- corona (n.)
- 1650s, from Latin corona "crown, garland" (see crown (n.)).
Example
- 1. The corona will be the most dramatic alteration in the profile of the building in a century .
- 2. The photo above showing a corona enshrouding the waxing gibbous moon was observed above a lovely old church in normandy , france .
- 3. The coronaviruses take their name from their crown ( corona ) of surface proteins , which are used to attach to and penetrate their host cells .
- 4. The image above shows the sun 's extended corona as viewed during the total solar eclipse on august 1 , 2008 from novosibirsk , russia .
- 5. A prominence forms over timescales of about a day , and stable prominences may persist in the corona for several months , looping hundreds of thousands of miles into space .