coronal
a crown; coronet.
a garland.
of or relating to a coronal.
Anatomy.
of or relating to a corona.
(of a plane along the long axis of the body) lying in the direction of the coronal suture.
Also frontal. lying in the direction of the frontal plane.
Phonetics. (of a speech sound) articulated with the tip of the tongue, especially in a retroflex position.
Linguistics. (in distinctive feature analysis) articulated with the blade of the tongue raised; dental, alveolar, or palato-alveolar.
of or relating to the tip of the tongue.
Origin of coronal
1Other words from coronal
- cor·o·naled; especially British, cor·o·nalled, adjective
- co·ro·nal·ly, adverb
- non·co·ro·nal, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for coronal
poetic a circlet for the head; crown
a wreath or garland
anatomy short for coronal suture
Origin of coronal
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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