Meaning & use
Corona
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A ring or halo of light, especially the luminous gaseous envelope visible around the sun during a total solar eclipse.
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Astronomers photographed the sun's corona during the total eclipse.
A faint corona surrounded the streetlamp in the foggy night air.
A note on using this word
From Latin for 'crown'; the term also names a part of a cornice in architecture and the crown of a tooth in dentistry.
Words with a similar meaning
haloaura
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Another way to use it
2. noun
The crown-shaped upper portion of a tooth.
The dentist examined the corona of the molar for decay.
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