CORONAL


Meaning of CORONAL in English

— 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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .