CORONA


Meaning of CORONA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kə-ˈrō-nə ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, garland, crown, cornice — more at crown

Date: 1548

1. : the projecting part of a classic cornice

2.

a. : a usually colored circle often seen around and close to a luminous body (as the sun or moon) caused by diffraction produced by suspended droplets or occasionally particles of dust

b. : the tenuous outermost part of the atmosphere of a star (as the sun)

c. : a circle of light made by the apparent convergence of the streamers of the aurora borealis

d. : the upper portion of a bodily part (as a tooth or the skull)

e. : an appendage or series of united appendages on the inner side of the corolla in some flowers (as the daffodil, jonquil, or milkweed)

f. : a faint glow adjacent to the surface of an electrical conductor at high voltage

3.

[from La Corona, a trademark]

: a long cigar having the sides straight to the end to be lit and being roundly blunt at the other end

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a corona 2e

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.