coronal
Americannoun
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a crown; coronet.
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a garland.
adjective
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of or relating to a coronal.
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Anatomy.
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of or relating to a corona.
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(of a plane along the long axis of the body) lying in the direction of the coronal suture.
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Also lying in the direction of the frontal plane.
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Phonetics. (of a speech sound) articulated with the tip of the tongue, especially in a retroflex position.
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Linguistics. (in distinctive feature analysis) articulated with the blade of the tongue raised; dental, alveolar, or palato-alveolar.
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of or relating to the tip of the tongue.
noun
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poetic a circlet for the head; crown
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a wreath or garland
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anatomy short for coronal suture
adjective
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of or relating to a corona or coronal
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phonetics a less common word for retroflex
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of coronal
1300–50; Middle English < Latin corōnālis, equivalent to Latin corōn ( a ) crown + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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"Once there's enough energy wound up in the higher layers, it can then be released, as a flare or what's known as a coronal mass ejection," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Sometimes this wind is kicked up into a huge storm by massive eruptions of plasma called coronal mass ejections.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
Astronomers refer to this type of material as coronal line gas, a term borrowed from studies of the sun's outer atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 2026
"To our knowledge, this is the first time we have seen a kiloparsec, or galactic-scale, precessing radio jet driving a massive coronal gas outflow."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2026
Famine, war, nuclear winter, black holes, or coronal mass ejections.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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