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Corona

noun

(pl. L. coronae, E. coronas)

The outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse. Synonym: aureole.

(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. Synonyms: corona discharge, corposant, electric glow, Saint Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's light, Saint Ulmo's fire, Saint Ulmo's light, St. Elmo's fire.

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.

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"Corona" Quotes from Famous Books

... years. At last he seized a moment when the victories of Philip's son and successor, Alexander, were swaying popular feeling, to deliver a bitter harangue against the whole life and policy of his political opponent. Demosthenes answered in that magnificent oration called by the Latin writers 'De Corona' Aeschines was not upheld by the people's vote. He retired to Asia, and, it is said, opened a school of rhetoric at Rhodes. There is a legend that after he had one day delivered in his school the masterpiece of his enemy, his students broke into applause: "What," he exclaimed, ...

— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 1 • Charles Dudley Warner

... necessary calculations, and predicted the various circumstances with a far higher degree of precision than the official announcement. He himself observed the phenomenon from the Royal Society's rooms, and he minutely describes the outer atmosphere of the sun, now known as the corona; without, however, offering an opinion as to whether it was a solar or a ...

— Great Astronomers • R. S. Ball

... upset a star, As through the air they flew: It cringed in fear, and shot afar, And fell where no one knew. Orion's sword was broke in bits, Corona's crown was gone, Capella seemed to lose her wits, While all so ...

— The Goblins' Christmas • Elizabeth Anderson

... on Old Hickory, tossin' the last three inches of a double Corona reckless into a copper bowl, "there's a leak somewhere ...

— Torchy As A Pa • Sewell Ford

... stretching up from it; he declared it to be quite as large as the moon, and not dim at the edges. I am so weak that any attempt to get a sight of it was out of the question; but I think it must have been Venus in the Zodiacal Light that he saw, with a corona around her. ...

— Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia • William John Wills

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