Crossword clues for coronae
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Corona \Co*ro"na\ (k?-r?"n?), n.; pl. L. Coron[ae] (-n?), E. Coronas (-n?z). [L. corona crown. See Crown.]
A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
(Arch.) 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.
(Anat.) The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown.
(Zo["o]l.) The shelly skeleton of a sea urchin.
(Astronomy) A peculiar luminous appearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.
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(Bot.)
An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil.
Any crownlike appendage at the top of an organ.
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(Meteorol.)
A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or moon.
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.
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.
--Fairholt.
Wiktionary
n. (en-irregular plural of: corona)
n. (context obsolete English) (en-irregular plural of: corona)
WordNet
See corona
n. the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse [syn: 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 [syn: corona discharge, corposant, St. Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's light, Saint Ulmo's fire, Saint Ulmo's light, electric glow]
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
[also: coronae (pl)]
Usage examples of "coronae".
The control yoke moved gently under her hands, and she realized abruptly that the stars had vanished, leaving only their brilliant coronae scattered across the sky.
All around, the dome was fading, the stars' coronae shining through its metallic shadow.
In the screens, the stars were beginning to show faint coronae, and she glanced instinctively toward the pitch indicators.
Even as she watched, it faded further, to the strange translucence of the twelfth of heaven, and the stars vanished completely, leaving only their coronae blazing against a flat black sky.
As one, their coronae sparkled upward a single, coruscating glyph of approval so vivid that even the Thennanin Ambassador seemed to blink and take notice.
The error rate must be tremendous, since you are without coronae to sense what the female is feeling.
The stars were fading as their coronae brightened: they had passed the first twelfth long ago.
However, the presence of coronae may signify—on timescales that are geologically in the near future—that massive changes on the surface of Venus are about to break out again.