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