— coronaled; esp. Brit., coronalled , adj. — coronally , adv.
n. /kawr"euh nl, kor"-/ ; adj. /keuh rohn"l, kawr"euh nl, kor"-/ , n.
1. a crown; coronet.
2. a garland.
adj.
3. of or pertaining to a coronal.
4. Anat.
a. of or pertaining to a corona.
b. (of a plane along the long axis of the body) lying in the direction of the coronal suture.
c. Also, frontal . lying in the direction of the frontal plane.
5. Phonet. (of a speech sound) articulated with the tip of the tongue, esp. in a retroflex position.
6. Ling. (in distinctive feature analysis) articulated with the blade of the tongue raised; dental, alveolar, or palato-alveolar.
7. of or pertaining to the tip of the tongue.
[ 1300-50; ME coronalis, equiv. to L coron ( a ) CROWN + -alis -AL 1 ]