coronal

  1. Noun.  a crown or coronet.
  2. Noun.  a wreath or garland of flowers.
  3. Noun.  (obsolete) a variant of colonel.
  4. Noun.  The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands.
  5. Adjective.  relating to a crown.
  6. Adjective.  (context, astronomy) relating to the corona of a star.
  7. Adjective.  (context, botany) relating to the corona of a flower.
  8. Adjective.  (context, phonetics) relating to a sound made with the tip or blade of the tongue.
  9. Adjective.  (context, anatomy) a "coronal plane" or a "coronal section" divides a body into dorsal (back) and ventral (front).

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