Corona ¹

Definition: A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.

Corona ²

Definition: The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column.

Corona ³

Definition: The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown.

Corona ⁴

Definition: The shelly skeleton of a sea urchin.

Corona ⁵

Definition: A peculiar luminous appearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.

Corona ⁶

Definition: An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil.

Corona ⁷

Definition: Any crownlike appendage at the top of an organ.

Corona ⁸

Definition: A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or moon.

Corona ⁹

Definition: A peculiar phase of the aurora borealis, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle.

Corona ¹⁰

Definition: A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis.

Corona ¹¹

Definition: A character called the pause or hold.

corona ¹²

Definition: a long cigar with blunt ends

corona ¹³

Definition: (anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape

corona ¹⁴

Definition: the outermost region of the sun''s atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse

corona ¹⁵

Definition: one or more circles of light seen around a luminous object

corona ¹⁶

Definition: an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere

corona ¹⁷

Definition: (botany) the trumpet shaped or cup shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower