corona

  1. Noun.  A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
  2. Noun.  (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,.
  3. Noun.  (biology) Any crown-like appendage of a plant or animal.
  4. Noun.  (electrical): a low energy discharge caused by ionization of a gas by an electric field [quite common at conductor bends of 12kV or higher].

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