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Coronal

/ˈkɒɹənəl/ · adjective

Meaning

Relating to a crown or coronation..

Definitions by Sense

  1. Relating to a crown or coronation.
  2. (astronomy) Relating to the corona of a star.
  3. (botany) Relating to the corona of a flower.
  4. (linguistics, phonetics) Relating to a sound made with the tip or blade of the tongue.
  5. (anatomy) Relating to the coronal plane that divides a body into dorsal (back) and ventral (front).
  6. (dentistry) Relating to the external (supragingival) portion of the tooth.
  7. (urology) Relating to the corona glandis.
  8. (forensic medicine) Relating to a coroner's findings.

Example Sentences

The law and his coronal oath require his undeniable assent to what laws the Parliament agree upon.
The coronal light during the eclipse is faint.
Coronal holes are darker, cooler regions of the sun's atmosphere, or corona, containing little solar material. In these gaps, magnetic field lines whip out into the solar wind rather than looping back to the sun's surface. Coronal holes can affect space weather, as they send solar particles streaming off the sun about three times faster than the slower wind unleashed elsewhere from the sun's atmosphere, according to a description from NASA.
Therfore aryse and dresse the thow gloton / For this day shall thou dye of my hand / Thenne the gloton anone starte vp and tooke a grete clubbe in his hand / and smote at the kynge that his coronal fylle to the erthe
That shall embellish more your beautie bright, / And crowne your heades with heavenly coronall, / Such as the Angels weare before Gods tribunall!
The bowl is in the Renaissance style, with winged figures supporting coronals and wreaths of flowers, and on the edge is an emblematic figure pouring out water.
Where, darker for the sky's unclouded dome, The waves took sudden coronals of foam
Oxycephaly results from the fusion of both coronal sutures and of the sagittal suture; trigonocephaly from a fusion of both coronals; […]

Synonyms for coronal

chapletwreathgarlandlei

Antonyms for coronal

Related Words

chapletgarlandwreathleisuturebuddedcoronatedcrowneddiademedaureoledfrontalcoronatecircletringedpericranialcircledhaloedwreathedgarlandedchapleted

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does coronal mean?

Coronal means Relating to a crown or coronation..

What is a synonym for coronal?

Common synonyms include chaplet, wreath, garland, lei.

What is the opposite of coronal?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use coronal in a sentence?

The law and his coronal oath require his undeniable assent to what laws the Parliament agree upon.

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