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coronal1

Pronunciation: /kəˈrəʊn(ə)l, ˈkɒr(ə)n(ə)l/

Definition of coronal

adjective

  • 1 Astronomy relating to the corona of the sun or another star: coronal holes are a source of geomagnetic activity
  • 2 Anatomy relating to the crown of the head.
  • 3 Anatomy of or in the coronal plane: coronal imaging
  • 4 Phonetics (of a consonant) formed by raising the tip or blade of the tongue towards the hard palate.

noun

Phonetics
  • a coronal consonant.

Origin:

late Middle English (in coronal1 (sense 2 of the adjective)): from Latin coronalis, from corona 'crown'

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