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Definition: Corona |
CoronaNoun1. The outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse. 2. An electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere. 3. One or more circles of light seen around a luminous object. 4. (anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape. 5. A long cigar with blunt ends. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Corona" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a crown". |
Date "corona" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1832. (references) |
Etymology: Corona \Co*ro"na\, noun; plural Latin Coron[ae](-n?), English Coronas. [Latin corona crown. See Crown.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Aerospace | 1. The outer visible envelope of the sun. Also called solar corona. It is observed at solar eclipse or with the coronagraph. The shape of the corona varies during the sunspot cycle. At sunspot minimum the corona has large extensions along the sun's equator, with short brushlike tufts near the poles. At sunspot maximum the equatorial extensions are much smaller and the corona is more regular in shape. The temperature of the corona appears to be in the vicinity of 1,000,000 K. 2. The extremely tenuous outer atmosphere of the sun now known to extend past the earth's orbit. 3. A set of one or more prismatically colored rings of small radii, concentrically surrounding the disk of the sun, moon, or other luminary when veiled by a thin cloud. The corona is due to diffraction by numerous water drops. It can be distinguished from the relatively common halo of 22 by the much smaller angular diameter of the corona, which is often only a few degrees, and by its color sequence, which is from blue inside to red outside, the reverse of that in the 22 halo. 4. See corona discharge. 5. See aurora.6. See geocorona. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A luminous discharge of electricity, due to ionisation of the air, appearing on the surface of a conductor and limited to the region surrounding the conductor when the potential gradient exceeds a certain value. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Any electrically detectable, field-intensified ionisation that occurs in an insulating system but does not result immediately in catastrophic breakdown. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Medicine | Fitted by means of artificial resin on to a previously shaped stump ; a crown or crownlike structure. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A microscopic zone of minerals, usually arranged radially around another mineral. The term has been applied to reaction rims, corrosion rims, and originally crystallized minerals b. A Spanish term meaning crown. Sometimes used in the Southwestern United States as a syn. for diamond bit c. Rim of alteration product surrounding an earlier formed crystal, commonly the result of reaction with a cooling magma. Syn:kelyphitic rim; kelyphite; reaction border; kelyphytic rim.See also:reaction rim. (references) |
Physics | The outermost part of a star's atmosphere, the corona characterized by high temperatures and low densities relative to the stellar photosphere. The corona is home to many plasma phenomena. The origin of the high temperature in the corona remains an outstanding mystery in solar physics. (references) |
| The uppermost level of the solar atmosphere, characterized by low densities and high temperatures (> 1,000,000 degrees K). (references) | |
Solar | The outermost layer of the solar atmosphere, characterized by low densities (<1.0E+09/cc) and high temperatures (>1,0E+06deg.K). (references) |
Space | The very hot outer layer of the Sun's atmosphere, composed of highly diffused, superheated, iodized gases, and extending into interplanetary space. The hot gases in the solar corona from the solar wind. (references) |
| See solar corona. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The corona is the luminous "atmosphere" of the Sun extending millions of kilometers into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.
An interesting feature of the corona is the fact that it is much hotter than the visible "surface" of the Sun; the photosphere is approximately 6000°C compared to the corona at over one million °C. The corona is much less dense than the photosphere, however, and so produces less light. The exact mechanism by which the corona is heated is still the subject of some debate, but likely possibilities include induction by the Sun's magnetic field and sonic pressure waves from below. The outer edges of the sun's corona are constantly being lost as solar wind.
During periods of quiet Sun the corona is more or less confined to the equatorial regions, with "coronal holes" covering the polar regions. During the Sun's active periods, the corona is evenly distributed over the equatorial and polar regions, though it is most prominent in areas with sunspot activity.
Generated by solar flares or large solar prominences, "coronal transients" are sometimes released. These are enormous loops of coronal material travelling outward from the Sun at over a million kilometers per hour, containing roughly 10 times the energy of the solar flare or prominence that triggered them.
A corona discharge is an electrical discharge brought on by the ionization of gas surrounding a conductor, which occurs when the potential gradient exceeds a certain vale but is not sufficient to cause sparking.
Corona is a beer brewed in Mexico by the Modelo Group.
Corona was a US spy satellite program.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Corona."
Synonyms: CoronaSynonyms: aureole (n), corona discharge (n), corposant (n), electric glow (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Circularity | Circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet; ringlet; eye, loop, wheel; cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band; contrate wheel, crown wheel; hub; nave; sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland; crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar; noose, lasso, lassoo. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Corona |
| English words defined with "corona": Aurora borealis ♦ Bed-moulding ♦ chromosphere, Coronae, Coronas, Creasing ♦ Hercules ♦ Jonquille ♦ Leucosphere ♦ Mutule ♦ Paracorolla ♦ Serpens. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "corona": arc discharge, aurora polaris ♦ bundle conductors ♦ Cor A, Cor B, Corona Australis, corona inception voltage, coronagraph, Coronal hole, CORONAL RAIN, CORONAL TRANSIENTS, CrA, Cor A, CrB, Cor B ♦ F CORONA, F-corona, Fraunhofer corona ♦ glow discharge, GREEN LINE ♦ igneous meteor ♦ K CORONA, K-corona ♦ L-corona, Lucus a non Lucendo ♦ point discharge, polar aurora, Polar rain ♦ Solar Atmosphere, solar corona, solar radio waves, spark discharge, Streamers ♦ Transition Region. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "corona": Coronium. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Corona" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (corona), German (corona), Italian (chaplet, circle, corona, crown, head, rim, ring, rosary, wreath), Latin (circle of men, corona, coroner, coronet, crown, cupped, diadem, garland, halo, long-cupped, ring, troops, wreath), Spanish (corona, coronet, crown, cusp, diadem, krone, wreath). |
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Screenplays | You can have any brew you wantas long as it's a Corona. (The Fast and the Furious; writing credit: Gary Scott Thompson) I distinctly remember sitting here, listening to Carter prattle on about solar activity and a corona something. (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright) | |
Lyrics | Goodbye to Rosie the queen of Corona (Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard; performing artist: Paul Simon) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Corona de lágrimas (1968) Come rubare la corona d'Inghilterra (1967) Corona de lágrimas (1964) La Corona di fuoco (1961) Ahí viene Martín Corona (1952) | |
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 | Computer generated surface view of a corona, tentatively named Idem-Kuva. Credit: NASA. |  | Lunar corona. In: "Scott's Last Expedition", 1913. Dodd, Mead, and Company, New York. P. 176. Vol. I. Library Call Number G850 1910 .S35 1913. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
 | Corona Arch near Moab, Utah. Credit: Jerry Sintz. |  | Slickrock showing cat eyes on trail to Corona and Bowtie arches near Moab, Utah. Credit: Jerry Sintz. |
 | U.S. Naval Hospital, Corona, CA. : Delivery room, Dependent's Clinic. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Hercules and Corona Borealis / Sidy. Hall, sculpt. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Sagittarius and Corona Australis, Microscopium, and Telescopium / Sidy. Hall, sculpt. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Corona, flagship of Com[modore] Ledyard. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Corona & Latona. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Corona, Long Island, New York. Family of Raymond Fazio eating supper in their home. Fazio and his wife are garment workers in the dress business. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Economic History | Ukraine | There are also nearly 40 types of imported beer available on the market, with Heineken, Kilkenny, Guiness, Pilsner, Tuborg, DAB, Corona, and Beck+AGA-s among the most popular. (references) |
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| "Corona" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Corona" is used about 63 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 66.67% | 42 | 52,864 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.33% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Total | 100.00% | 63 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "corona" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Corona | Last name | 7,000 | 1,737 |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Japan | Corona Corporation | USA | Smith Corona Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Corona, CA (city, FIPS 16350) 2. Corona, NM (village, FIPS 17680) 3. Corona, NY 4. Corona, SD (town, FIPS 13940) |
Expressions using "corona": auroral corona ♦ corona Borealis ♦ corona Del Mar ♦ corona discharge ♦ corona inception test ♦ corona inception voltage ♦ corona lucis ♦ corona radiata. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "corona": Smith-corona. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Albanian | kurorë (chaplet, coronal, coronet, crown, diadem, Garland), brerore (aureola, nimbus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هالة (aura, aureole, circle, glory), قمة الجمجمة, سيكار طويل, الجزء الناتىء, إكليل الزهر, إكليل (crown, scallop, tiara, trophy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | теме (crown, pate, pericranium, poll, sconce, vertex), кръгъл полилей, корона (crown, crown wheel, diadem), горна извита част на арка, вид хаванска пура. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 光环 (Coronae, Coronas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | lustr (chandelier), koróna. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | corona (crown), krone (crown), krans (boat, crown, floater, gathering ring, pot ring, ring, wreath), korona, bikrone. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | corona (crown, sun's corona). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | korono. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | هاله (Halo), حلقه نوردورخورشید, تاج (Crest, Crown, Rostrum), سر (Acme, Apex, Cabal, Chief, End, Extremity, Mystery, Pash, Pate, Plug, Point, Ruler, Secret, Thought, Top, Vertex), اکلیل . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | corona artificialis (crown), koronapurkaus (brush discharge, corona discharge), korona, kehäilmiö, kehä (circle, circumference, pen, periphery), hampaan kruunuproteesi (crown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | couronne (coronet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Krone (cap, coping, coronet, crest, crown, krona, top, winder), Korona (aureole, tribe), Corona (crown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κορώνα (crown), στέμμα (crown, diadem, tiara), στεφάνη (annulus, cordon, rim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עטר" (crown, decoration, diadem, molding, tiara, wreath), כתר (coronet, crown, diadem), "ל" (aura, aureole, crown, halation, halo, radiance, that). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | napkorona, korona (coronet, crown, hold, palm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | lingkaran sinar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | corona (chaplet, circle, crown, head, rim, ring, rosary, wreath). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 白光 (white light), 光' , 光 , コロイド'子 (coliseum, colloidal particle, Colosseum, croquette, prop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "うか" (around town, barter, bulky, clearing, exchange, exchange of cordialities, exchange of courtesies, facing the winter, favourable impression, fine fellow, fraternization, future problems, future trouble, good feeling, good will, high official, interchange, mutual sympathy, official residence, on the street, publication, rapport, reciprocity, steel pipe, substitution, the public, the world, voluminous), コロナ , はっ"う (coming into effect, departure for a specified destination, departure of a ship, faint light, fermentation, issue, luminescence, misfortune, pale light, radiation, sad fate, the eight directions, the national boundaries, the whole land, the whole world, unhappiness, white light, white rainbow, zymosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | crooin (crown, diadem, dollar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oronacay coroa (chaplet, circle, coronal, crown, diadem, dollar, garland, krone, rim, ring, wreath). (various references) coroanã solarã, coroanã (chaplet, circle, coronal, coronet, crown, Garland, pause, ring, wreath), candelabru circular. (various references) корона (coronet, crown, diadem). (various references) venac (chaplet, coronet, garland, gloriole, range, rim, stringcourse, wreath), kruna (coronal, crown, krone), korona. (various references) corona (coronet, crown, cusp, diadem, krone, wreath). (various references) korona (brush discharge, corona discharge). (various references) uzun puro, taç şeklinde yapı, hale (aureola, aureole, gloriole, glory, halo, nimbus, ring), ayla (aureola, aureole, gloriole, glory, halo, nimbus, ring). (various references) корона (coronal, coronet, crown, diadem). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | corona, corona artificialis. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 16, Verse 31 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | StefanoV kauchsewV ghraV en de odoiV dikaiosunhV eurisketai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Corona dignitatis senectus in viis iustitiae repperietur |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The croune of dignete elde, that in the weie of riytwisnesse shal be founde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 16, Verse 31 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang ulo nga ubanon maoy purongpurong sa himaya; Kini igakita diha sa dalan sa pagkamatarung. |
| Chinese | 白 髮 是 榮 耀 的 冕 ． 在 公 義 的 " 上 、 必 能 得 著 。 |
| Croatian | Sijede su kose prekrasna kruna, nalaze se na putu pravednosti. |
| Danish | Grå Hår er en dejlig Krone, den vindes på Retfærds Vej. |
| Dutch | De grijsheid is een sierlijke kroon; zij wordt op den weg der gerechtigheid gevonden. |
| Finnish | Harmaat hapset ovat kunnian kruunu; se saadaan vanhurskauden tiellä. |
| French | Les cheveux blancs sont une couronne d`honneur; C`est dans le chemin de la justice qu`on la trouve. |
| German | Graue Haare sind eine Krone der Ehren, die auf dem Wege der Gerechtigkeit gefunden wird. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Cheve blan se bèl rekonpans. Moun ki mache dwat va viv lontan. |
| Hungarian | Igen szép ékes korona a vénség, az igazságnak útában találtatik. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang jujur akan dianugerahi umur panjang; ubannya bagaikan mahkota yang gemilang. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa rambut putih itu suatu makota yang mulia, jikalau didapati akan dia pada jalan kebajikan. |
| Italian | Corona magnifica è la canizie, ed essa si trova sulla via della giustizia. |
| Korean | 백 발 은 영 " 의 면 류 관 이 라 의 로 운 길 에 서 얻 으 리 라 |
| Maori | ¶ He karauna kororia te mahunga hina, e ka kitea i runga i te ara o te tika. |
| Norwegian | Grå hår er en fager krone; den finnes på rettferdighets vei. |
| Portuguese | Coroa de honra são as cãs, a qual se obtém no caminho da justiça. |
| Rumanian | Perii albi sknt o cununq de cinste, ea se gqsewte pe calea neprihqnirii. - |
| Russian | чЕОЕ" УМБЧЩ--УЕ"ЙОБ, ЛПФПТБС ОБИП"ЙФУС ОБ ХФЙ ТБЧ"Щ. |
| Spanish | Corona de honra son las canas; en el camino de la justicia se encuentra. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "corona": coronach, coronachs, coronae, coronagraph, coronagraphs, coronal, coronals, coronaries, coronary, coronas, coronate, coronated, coronates, coronating, coronation, coronations. (additional references) | |
Words containing "corona": postcoronary. (additional references) | |
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"Corona" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: borongaj, Cardonma, Cargonja, carnoma, caroa, Caroni, Caronia, Carranza, Cedona, cerana, Cercone, ceron, cerone, Cerrone, ceruna, ciron, Codorniu, Cofone, cogrino, Colron, Conron, cooni, coran, coranal, Cordorniu, corean, Corina, Corinia, corinii, coriolan, Cormont, Corna, corno, cornwa, coroa, coron, coronach, coronat, Coronea, coronna, corono, coronol, Corozal, correan, cotone, couronne, Coxon, crenna, croan, Csorna, cuprina, Curina, Curinan, curone, doroga, Gobrana, kilronan, Kokonya, Korinna, Koroda, Korona, Korone, Koroni, Kurdna, Noronha, Norrona, orona, Oronya, Oroya, Ortona, Torlonia, Voronov, Vorota. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "corona" (pronounced kerō"nu) |
| 3 | -ō" n u | Dona, kimono, krona, krone, persona. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: racoon. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-n-o-o-r" | |
-1 letter: acorn, croon, narco, racon. | |
-2 letters: arco, carn, coon, corn, narc, orca, roan. | |
-3 letters: arc, can, car, con, coo, cor, noo, nor, oar, oca, ora, orc, ran, roc. | |
-4 letters: an, ar, na, no, on, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-n-o-o-r" | |
+1 letter: cardoon, cartoon, coranto, coronae, coronal, coronas, raccoon, racoons. | |
+2 letters: acrodont, acromion, canorous, cardoons, cartoons, cartoony, coanchor, coenamor, colorant, colorman, copatron, corantos, cordovan, coronach, coronals, coronary, coronate, couranto, crampoon, macaroon, monocarp, monocrat, nonactor, octonary, ostracon, picaroon, raccoons. | |
+3 letters: accordion, acrodonts, acromions, aeronomic, agronomic, barracoon, carbonado, cartooned, coanchors, coenamors, colorants, concordat, conformal, consortia, contralto, copatrons, corantoes, cordovans, cormorant, coronachs, coronated, coronates, corposant, corrasion, courantos, crampoons, creodonta, macaroons, monocarps, monocracy, monocrats, monocular, nonactors, nonfactor, olecranon, picaroons, pickaroon, rancorous. | |
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