cor·o·nal
ˈkȯr-ə-nᵊl 
ˈkär-
variants
or less commonly coronel
: a circlet for the head usually implying rank or dignity
co·ro·nal
ˈkȯr-ə-nᵊl
ˈkär-;
kə-ˈrō-
1
a
: lying in the direction of the coronal suture
b
: of or relating to the frontal plane that passes through the long axis of the body
2
: of or relating to a corona or crown
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Noun
a Renaissance portrait of a nobel woman of Florence wearing a bejeweled coronal
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New York Times, 8 May 2018
Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2024
The team applied a method called coronal seismology to track magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) transverse waves in the UCoMP data.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The dramatic coronal headpiece was meant to evoke the Virgin Mary.
—New York Times, 8 May 2018
Adjective
The sun exhibits an 11-year cycle in its activity, which in 2014 was at its peak, when sunspots were common and these coronal loops arced above them.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2024
The team applied a method called coronal seismology to track magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) transverse waves in the UCoMP data.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Coronal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coronal. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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coronal
adjective
co·ro·nal
ˈkȯr-ən-ᵊl
ˈkär-; kə-ˈrōn-
ˈkär-; kə-ˈrōn-
1
: of, relating to, or being a corona
2
: lying in the direction of the coronal suture
3
: of or relating to the frontal plane that passes through the long axis of the body
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