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Corona   /kərˈoʊnə/   Listen
Corona

noun
(pl. L. coronae, E. coronas)
1.
The outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse.  Synonym: aureole.
2.
(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower.
3.
An electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere.  Synonyms: corona discharge, corposant, electric glow, Saint Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's light, Saint Ulmo's fire, Saint Ulmo's light, St. Elmo's fire.
4.
One or more circles of light seen around a luminous object.
5.
(anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape.
6.
A long cigar with blunt ends.



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"Corona" Quotes from Famous Books



... muy adelante, y que todos los navios que inviaba traian muchos esclavos moros, con que pagaba los gastos que hacia y que cada dia crecia mas el provecho y se prosperaba su amada negociacion, determino de inviar a suplicar al Papa Martino V., ... que hiciese gracia a la Corona real de Portogal de los reinos y senorios que habia y hobiese desde el cabo del Boxador adelante, hacia el Oriente y la India inclusive; y ansi se las concedio, ... con todas las tierras, puertos, islas, tratos, rescates, pesquerias y cosas a esto pertenecientes, poniendo ...
— The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) - with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest • John Fiske
... relatively few pedimental doorways of this type having the high four-panel double doors. The pediment framing the simple but very graceful fanlight is enriched by cornice moldings, hand-tooled to fine scale, the soffit of the corona being fluted, the bed-molding reeded and the dentil course being a familiar Grecian fret. Flutings also adorn the short architraves each side of the fanlight, and the abacus of the pilaster columns which is carried across a supplementary lintel in front of the lintel proper, ...
— The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia • Frank Cousins
... fuit esse, quod est, quod non fuit esse, quod esse, Esse quod est, non esse quod est, non est erit esse: Vita malis plena est, pia mors pretiosa corona est; Post vitam mors est, post mortem ...
— The History and Antiquities of Horsham • Howard Dudley
... corona of pinnacles on the exterior of the Octagon completed. A monument to Canon Selwyn placed in the ...
— Ely Cathedral • Anonymous
... Botanical Magazine 2101. Mount Margaret. Stuart. The edge of the corona is sometimes rather undulated ...
— Explorations in Australia, The Journals of John McDouall Stuart • John McDouall Stuart


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