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
[
a corona 2e
]