corona en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /kɵˈronɑ/ (South-Asia)
- /kəˈɹoʊ.nə/ (General-American)
- /kəˈɹəʊ.nə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- kə-rō'nə (General-American)
Etymology
The noun is borrowed from Latin corōna (“crown; garland, wreath”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “type of crown; curved object (door handle, tip of a bow, stern of a ship, etc.)”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). The English word is a doublet of crown, korona, koruna, krona, króna, and krone. The plural form coronae is borrowed from Latin corōnae. The verb is derived from the noun.
Meanings
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A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.
The magnificent bronze corona, or luminaria, which still hangs in the central octagon, shews the skill of the workmen in bronze of that period.
1865 February, J[ohn] H[enry] Parker, “Aix-la-Chapelle: A Letter from J. H. Parker, Esq.”, in Sylvanus Urban [pseudonym], editor, The Gentleman’s Magazine and Historical Review, volume XVIII (New Series; volume CCVIII overall), London: John Henry and James Parker, →OCLC, page 133:
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An upper or crownlike portion of certain parts of the body. ▸ A region of the skull located along the coronal suture, at the junction between the frontal bone and the two parietal bones.
The ophthalmic division supplies sensation from the eyebrows to the coronal suture. The sensory innervation stops at the corona, not at the hairline, and this fact may help one to differentiate a true abnormality from a factitious one, since people who are “faking” sensory loss more often lose sensation at the hairline.
2013, Eric S. Hsu, Charles Argoff, Katherine E. Galluzzi, Raphael J. Leo, Andrew Dubin, “Head Pain: Trigeminal Neuralgia”, in Problem-Based Pain Management, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, section 2 (Head Pain), page 27:Is it probable that this depression has arisen from the distorting effect of some form of head dress, similar perhaps to that which is still applied to the heads of infants in various parts of France, as described by Drs. Foville and Lunier? This consists of a neckerchief passed twice round the head from the corona either to the back of the neck, when the resulting deformity (which is that of the Charlcombe skull) is designated annular by Dr. Gosse; or is carried under the chin and jaw, when it is termed bilobed by the same writer.
1863 September, John Thurnam, “XXII.—On Synostosis of the Cranial Bones, Especially the Parietals, Regarded as a Race-character in One Class of Ancient British and in African Skulls”, in G[eorge] Busk et al., editors, The Natural History Review: A Quarterly Journal of Biological Science, number XVIII, London; Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate, […], published April 1865, →OCLC, page 265:
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An upper or crownlike portion of certain parts of the body. ▸ The external (supragingival) portion of the tooth, covered by enamel; the crown.
The solids are derived from the fluids. In the first rudiments of the gelatinous embryo, they gradually commence in their respective situations, and differ infinitely in their degrees of cohesion, from the soft and almost pulpy medullary matter of the brain, to the vitreous substance of the corona of the teeth.
1817, J. Fred. Blumenbach [i.e., Johann Friedrich Blumenbach], “Sect. III. Of the Solids in General, and of the Mucous Web in Particular.”, in John Elliotson, transl., The Institutions of Physiology […], 2nd edition, London: […] Bensley and Son, […], for E. Cox and Son, […], →OCLC, paragraph 17, page 12:
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An upper or crownlike portion of certain parts of the body. ▸ The circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males.
The first line of injection with a clean 1% solution of cocain, or 2% eucain is began, posterior to the ridge caused by the corona, on the dorsum.
1907, C. H. Shutt, “A New Simple Technique for Circumcision and Some Advantages Gained in Genito-urinary Work—a Practical Demonstration of the Technique”, in Tho[ma]s A. Hopkins, editor, The Medical Fortnightly, St. Louis, Mo.: Fortnightly Press Co., →OCLC, page 233, column 1:
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The large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature, situated above the bed moulding and below the cymatium.
The cornice only is carried around the room at the ceiling, and in the staircase hall only the cymatium and corona of the cornice; but over the archway, supported by a colonnade of four fluted round columns, a complete entablature with nicely worked classic detail is employed and given added emphasis by several inches' projection into the reception hall.
1920, Frank Cousins, Phil M. Riley, The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company:Though somewhat verbose, the author is specific in his instruction that the S-shaped crown molding, the cymarecta, caps the top of the pediment and is not returned on the horizontal corona.
2018, John Milnes Baker, “Georgian 1715–1780”, in American House Styles: A Concise Guide, The Countryman Press, W[illiam] W[arder] Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 39:
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The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun (the solar corona) or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.
The corona is a high-temperature portion of the Sun's outer atmosphere, beginning slightly above the visible surface and extending hundreds of thousands of kilometers, or further, into interplanetary space.
2010, Leon Golub, Jay M[yron] Pasachoff, “Introduction”, in The Solar Corona, 2nd edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 1:My investigations seem to prove conclusively that the theoretical corona is caused by light emitted and reflected from streams of matter ejected from the Sun by forces which, in general, act along lines normal to the surface. These forces are most active near the center of each Sun-spot zone.
1890 April 11, J[ohn] M[artin] Schaeberle, “A Mechanical Theory of the Solar Corona”, in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, volume I, number 6, London: Royal Astronomical Society, […], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 372:
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(also) An oval-shaped astrogeological feature, present on both the planet Venus and Uranus's moon Miranda, probably formed by upwellings of warm material below the surface.
The area density of impact craters on the surfaces of the coronas suggests that the episode of tidal heating occurred approximately one billion years ago[…].
2007, Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, “Uranus: What Happened Here?”, in Introduction to Planetary Science: The Geological Perspective, Dordrecht: Springer, →ISBN, page 379, column 1:
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(broadly) Any luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person.
Vigil sat across from her, leaning against the wall of what looked like a cave, his corona glowing dimly.
2015, Rawles Marie Lumumba, chapter 4, in Duskfall (Nightshade; book 1), [s.l.]: Takaboo Books, →ISBN:[Dale] Hawkins is a tall man, angular and knobby, with a rubbery, animated face and a corona of wavy gray hair, which he wears wet-combed back in a modified old-time pompadour.
2005 summer, Lauren Wilcox, “Dale Hawkins: That’s Guitar Playing”, in Oxford American: A Magazine of the South (Southern Music Issue; 7), number 50, Oxford, Miss.: Oxford American, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2020, pages 16–20:It looked like a miniaturized version of Hiroshima. Fires burned here and there. […] His once and future presidential palace was a crater ringed by a corona of flaming debris.
1980, Philip Caputo, Horn of Africa, 1st Vintage Contemporaries edition, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, published February 2002, →ISBN, page 446:
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Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1).
[page 317] The lower jaw conſiſts of one large bone, with fore and hinder part, and five proceſſes; viz. two Condyles[…], two proceſſes of the Corona[…], and one proceſs of the chin […] [page 318] [T]his Sinus deſcends obliquely nine inches from the neck of the condyle, till it comes to the root of the teeth[…]; which ſpace does not appear ſo large in the figure, becauſe of the poſition of the jaw; and from the fore-part of the Coronæ backwards, till the jaw become thick, five inches and ⅓; […]
1740, [Patrick] Blair, “The Osteology of an Elephant, with a Brief Account of Its Parts”, in Baddam, Memoirs of the Royal Society; Being a New Abridgment of the Philosophical Transactions: […], volume V, London: […] G. Smith, […], and sold by T[homas] Cooper, […]; and W[alter] Shropshire, […], →OCLC, pages 317 and 318:
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Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1). ▸ A ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants (Narcissus, Passiflora, etc.); a paraperigonium or paracorolla.
Pentándria, Digynia. All as in Stapèlia; but the corolla is tuberculate, and the branches of the plant warted; and the outer corona of the corolla lacerately multifid.
1838, George Don, A General History of the Dichleamydeous Plants, […], volume IV (Corollifloræ), London: […] [Gilbert & Rivington] for J. G. and F. Rivington; […], page 122, column 2:
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Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1). ▸ An annular ciliated organ on the head of rotifers, used for locomotion and sweeping food into the mouth.
It [Epiphanes] has a ciliated corona at its anterior end and tapers to a narrow foot at the posterior end. The cilia of the corona are arranged more or less in two rings, with the mouth in the gap between them.
1979, R[obert] McNeill Alexander, “Rotifers”, in The Invertebrates, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 230:
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Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1). ▸ The main body of the test of an echinoid, consisting of ambulacral and interambulacral areas.
In coronae of the sea urchin Echinocyamus pusillus in the marine bed overlying the oncoid layer, an original Mg_(0.10–0.13)-calcite was gradually replaced during diagenesis by a Mg_(0.03–0.05)-calcite[…].
1983, D. K. Richter, R. Sedat, “Brackish-water Oncoids Composed of Blue-green and Red Algae from a Pleistocene Terrace near Corinth, Greece”, in Tadeusz M. Peryt, editor, Coated Grains, Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, →DOI, →ISBN, part IV (Oncoids), page 306:
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Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1). ▸ The crown of a crinoid, consisting of a cuplike central body (theca) and a set of arms.
A normal Crinoid (Fig. III.) consists of a “crown” (corona) attached by its dorsal (i.e. aboral) extremity to a “stem” (columna), which is fixed to the sea-floor or to some solid body by a “root” (radix).
1900, F[rancis] A[rthur] Bather, J. W. Gregory, E[dwin] S[tephen] Goodrich, “The Crinoidea”, in E[dwin] Ray Lankester, editor, A Treatise on Zoology, part III (The Echinoderma), London: Adam & Charles Black, →OCLC, page 99:
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Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1). ▸ A fringe of large, bulbous surface projections on coronaviruses, formed by viral spike peplomers, creating an appearance reminiscent of the solar corona.
Coronaviruses are medium-sized, enveloped, ribonucleic acid viruses which, in negatively stained preparations, appear round and bear a corona of irregular, petal-shaped surface projections.
1972 October, Lawrence S. Sturman, Kenneth K. Takemoto, “Enhanced Growth of a Murine Coronavirus in Transformed Mouse Cells”, in Infection and Immunity, volume 6, number 4, Washington, D.C.: American Society for Microbiology, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2020, page 501, column 1:
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A luminous appearance caused by corona discharge, often seen as a bluish glow in the air adjacent to pointed metal conductors carrying high voltages.
An appearance of a corona may produce useful or undesirable effects. For instance, a corona arising spontaneously around high-voltage wires of an electrical power transmission line results in a loss of electrical energy. On the other hand, coronas are widely used in many practical applications like dust collection with electrical precipitators, atmospheric pressure non-thermal plasma surface treatment of polymers, cleaning of exhausted gases, etc.
2004, U[lrich] Kogelschatz, Yu S. Akishev, A. P. Napartovich, “History of Non-equilibrium Air Discharges”, in K. H. Becker, U[lrich] Kogelschatz, K. H. Schoenbach, R. J. Barker, editors, Non-equilibrium Air Plasmas at Atmospheric Pressure (Institute of Physics Series in Plasma Physics), Bristol; Philadelphia, Pa.: Institute of Physics Publishing, →ISBN, page 42:
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A circle or set of circles visible around a bright celestial object, especially the Sun or the Moon, attributable to an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of its light by small water droplets or tiny ice crystals.
The increasing light eventually erases the moon's glowing corona, her pendant chandelier of light pales into insignificance as the new day breaks.
2013, Alfred Grossmith Mason, “14 September 1942”, in Julie Grossmith Deltrice, editor, Arctic Warriors: A Personal Account of Convoy PQ18, Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Maritime, Pen & Sword Books, →ISBN, page 55:[page 49] Upon this true "mackarel sky" was depicted one of those glorious coronæ, only seen at great elevations or in high Latitudes. […] [page 50] The corona was composed of two colours, violet on the edge nearest to the sun and red on the outer edge, the two colours blending together and forming a neutral tint in the middle of the corona; the order here observed with regard to the colours is similar to that observed in the rainbow.
1854, Walter Stanhope Sherwill, “Notes upon Some Atmospherical Phenomena Observed at Darjiling in the Himalayah Mountains, during the Summer of 1852”, in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, volume XXIII, number LXV, Calcutta: […] J. Thomas, Baptist Mission Press, published 1855, →OCLC, pages 49 and 50:[page 214, paragraph 423] The sun and moon, when partially covered by light, fleecy clouds, are often seen encircled by one or more colored rings, which are called coronæ. […] In order to examine coronæ about the sun, it is best to view them by reflection from a blackened mirror, by which means the brilliancy of the sun's light is very much reduced. […] [page 215, paragraph 425] Coronæ are produced by the diffraction of the rays of light in their passage through the small intervals between the particles of condensed vapor in a cloud.
1868, Elias Loomis, “Optical Meteorology”, in A Treatise on Meteorology. […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, section IV (Coronæ), pages 214 and 215:
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A mineral zone, consisting of one or more minerals, which surrounds another mineral or lies at the interface of two minerals, typically in a radial arrangement; a reaction rim.
Green hornblende is abundant at the rims of chlorite coronas in contact with amphibole-filled cracks, whereas it is minor (but not absent) in coronas in contact with chlorite-filled cracks.
2017, J. Theo Kloprogge, Robert Lavinsky, “Introduction: Geological Examples”, in Photo Atlas of Mineral Pseudomorphism, Amsterdam; Kidlington, Oxfordshire: Elsevier, →ISBN, figure 1.45 caption, page 67:
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A manifestation of secondary syphilis, consisting of papular lesions along the hairline, often bordering the scalp in the manner of a crown.
Jack had a moſt ſcandalous tongue, and perſuaded Peg that all mankind, beſides himſelf, were pox'd by that ſcarlet-faced whore, Signiora Bubonia. “As for his brother Lord Peter, the tokens were evident on him, blotches, ſcabs, and the corona.[…]”
[1750?], [John Arbuthnot], “[The History of John Bull.] Jack’s Charms, or the Method by which He Gained Peg’s Heart.”, in The History of John Bull. […], London: D[aniel] Midwinter and A. Tonson […], →OCLC, part II, page 60:
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(Ancient-Rome, historical) A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
From the remark of Servius [i.e., Maurus Servius Honoratus] (ad Aen. v. 269) it appears that coronae adorned with lemnisci were a greater distinction than those without them.
1842, Leonhard Schmitz, “λημνίσκος [lēmnískos, LEMNISCUS]”, in William Smith, editor, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: […] [Samuel Bentley] for Taylor and Walton, […], →OCLC, page 557, column 2:Though men typically did not wear hats, they could wear a ceremonial form of headwear known as a corona, or crown. Like many areas of Roman dress, there were strict rules about wearing coronas.
2004, Sara Pendergast, Tom Pendergast, edited by Sarah Hermsen, Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages, volume 1, Detroit, Mich.: UXL, →ISBN, page 183:Funerary inscriptions of soldiers under the Empire are frequently accompanied by representation of the dona militaria awarded during service. We instantly recognise depictions of torques, armillae, phalerae (often attached to a special harness), and various types of coronae.
1997 January, Lawrence Keppie, “Military Service in the Late Republic: The Evidence of Inscriptions and Sculpture”, in Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies, volume 8, Ryton, Tyne and Wear: M. C. Bishop, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8, column 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| coronæ | Number=Plur | obsolete | lexicographic |
| coronae | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| coronas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
coronavirus · coronograph · corona poling · corona discharge · coronule · coronoapical · protein corona · multicorona · bicorona · E-corona · corona method · corona ring · corona set · coronite · corona baby · ultracorona · K-corona · coronectomy · coronagraph · corona theorem · F-corona · corona bean · coronad · corona algebra · sphenocorona · corona shield · corotron · geocorona · coronagraphy · hebesphenomegacorona · corona effect · anticorona · coronal rain · corona tube · corona conjecture · coronasomnia · tricorona · solar corona · sphenomegacorona · coronium
Descendants
Relateds
Corona Australis · coronary · corona veneris · coronation · Corona Borealis · coronate · coroner · corona lucis · coronal · coronet · corona seminis · corona radiata · coroniform · corona glandis
Synonyms
corona veneris · crown of Venus · drip · larmier · corona glandis penis · corona glandis · corona lucis
Translations (72)
fi kruunu (crown of a crinoid) · fi korona (large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature) · sl koróna (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · fi kruunu (appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona) · is krúna (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services) · fi korona (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · fi korona (annular ciliated organ on the head of rotifers) · fi kruunu (ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants — see also paraperigonium) · pt corona (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · la corona (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services) · fi laki (upper or crownlike portion of certain parts of the body) · ja 雁首 (circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males — see also corona glandis penis) · fi lisäteriö (ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants — see also paraperigonium) · pt coroa (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · vi nhật hoa (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · de Krone (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services) · cmn 龜頭 /龟头 (circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males — see also corona glandis penis) · fi tyvi (crown of a crinoid) · it corona (ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants — see also paraperigonium) · cmn 蒄 (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services) · cmn 日冕 (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · es corona (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services) · fi sauma (mineral zone which surrounds another mineral or lies at the interface of two minerals) · fi korona (luminous appearance caused by corona discharge) · hu korona (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services) · it corona (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services) · de Korona (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · id korona (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · fi korona (oval-shaped astrogeological feature) · fr couronne (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · ja コロナ (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · hu korona (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · fi korona (circle or set of circles visible around a bright celestial object) · fi kattokruunu (large, round pendent chandelier) · fa تاج (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · sv korona (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · ja 副花冠 (ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants — see also paraperigonium) · el κορώνα (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services) · id korona (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services) · fi rengas (luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person) · id mahkota (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services) · fi korona (luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person) · ru ве́нчик (ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants — see also paraperigonium) · fi kuori (main body of the test of an echinoid) · el στέμμα (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · el κορώνα (ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants — see also paraperigonium) · af korona (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · tr taç (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services) · fr couronne (circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males — see also corona glandis penis) · ms mahkota (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services) · is kóróna (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services) · fi terskan alareuna (circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males — see also corona glandis penis) · bg корона (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services) · uk коро́на (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · fi kruunu (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services) · ru коро́на (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services) · ru коро́на (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · ru коро́на (ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants — see also paraperigonium) · hu fényudvar (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · ko 코로나 (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · it corona (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · el στέμμα (crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services) · es corona (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · fi päälaki (region of the skull located along the coronal suture) · fi korona (fringe of large, bulbous surface projects on coronaviruses) · fi korona (appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona) · el στεφάνη (circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males — see also corona glandis penis) · fi korona (circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males — see also corona glandis penis) · bg корона (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · is kóróna (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star) · fi kuppakruunu (manifestation of secondary syphilis) · ro coroană (luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star)