Sekirov Dictionary

coronal

UK /ˈkɒɹənəl/US /ˈkɔɹənəl/

adjective 8
noun 4
forms 3

adjective8

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Relating to a crown or coronation.
- The law and his coronal oath require his undeniable assent to what laws the Parliament agree upon. — 1649
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Relating to the corona of a star.
- The coronal light during the eclipse is faint. — 1878
Relating to the coronal plane that divides a body into dorsal (back) and ventral (front).
Relating to a sound made with the tip or blade of the tongue.
Relating to the external (supragingival) portion of the tooth.
Relating to the corona of a flower.
Relating to the corona glandis.
Relating to a coroner's duties and findings.

noun4

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A crown or coronet.
- That shall embellish more your beautie bright, / And crowne your heades with heavenly coronall, / Such as the Angels weare before Gods tribunall! — 1590
•
A consonant produced with the tip or blade of the tongue.
- This structurally accounts for a number of phenomena that treat coronals asymetrically with respect to other places of articulation. — 2011
•
A wreath or garland of flowers.
- The bowl is in the Renaissance style, with winged figures supporting coronals and wreaths of flowers, and on the edge is an emblematic figure pouring out water. — 1862
•
The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands.
- Oxycephaly results from the fusion of both coronal sutures and of the sagittal suture; trigonocephaly from a fusion of both coronals; […] — 1947

forms

coronals · more coronal · most coronal

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