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Word: corona (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
  • biology: Any crown-like appendage of a plant or animal.
  • (electrical): a low energy discharge caused by ionization of a gas by an electric field [quite common at conductor bends of 12kV or higher].
  • star: The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse,

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