Look up: corona

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   corona
   1) The upper level of the solar atmosphere, characterized by low densities and high temperatures (>1.0E+06 K); it is not visible from the Earth except during a total eclipse of the sun or by use of special telescopes called coronagraphs. 2) An ovoid -shaped feature.
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   corona
   Latin, meaning: crown, diadem.
   Found on http://archives.nd.edu/ccc.htm
   
   
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   corona
   The uppermost level of the solar atmosphere, characterized by low densities and high temperatures (> 1,000,000 degrees K).
   Found on http://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/help/dictio
   
   
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   Corona
   The outermost layer of the solar atmosphere, characterized by low densities (<1.0E+09/cc) and high temperatures (>1,0E+06deg.K).
   Found on http://www.sel.noaa.gov/info/glossary.ht
   
   
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   Corona
   Corona is a city in Riverside County California, USA Corona is a town in Roberts County South Dakota, USA Corona is a village in Lincoln County New Mexico, USA
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   Corona
   The outermost layer of the solar atmosphere. The corona consists of a highly rarefied gas with a low density and a temperature greater than one million degrees Kelvin. It is visible to the naked eye during a solar eclipse.
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   corona
   [n] - one or more circles of light seen around a luminous object 2. [n] - (anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape 3. [n] - a long cigar with blunt ends
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   Corona
   The tenuous, outermost part of the Sun's atmosphere. It is visible to the naked-eye, but only at the time of a total solar eclipse or with the use of specialised instruments.
   Found on http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronom
   
   
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   Corona
   The outer layer, and hottest part, of the Sun's atmosphere.
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    Corona
    The outermost layer of the Sun´s atmosphere, visible to the eye during a total solar eclipse; it can also be observed through special filters and best of all, by X-ray cameras aboard satellites. The corona is very hot, up to 1-1.5 million degrees centigrade, and is the source of the solar wind. The shape of the corona is different at solar maximum ...
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    corona
    In architecture, the lower vertical part of a cornice, the underside of which has a drip moulding in order to carry off the rain. The term is also used of the crown or circlet suspended from the...
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    corona
    A wreath or crown awarded as military decoration. Various forms existed, which would include: - corona aurea - gold crown. - corona civica - wreath of oak leaves awarded for saving the life of a fellow citizen. - corona classica - fleet crown or naval decoration. - corona exploratoria - crown awarded to scouts. - corona graminea/obsidionalis - gras...
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    Corona
    Wreath or crown awarded as military decoration.
    Found on http://www.romans-in-britain.org.uk/glo_
    
    
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    corona
    a luminous discharge of electricity,due to ionisation of the air,appearing on the surface of a conductor and limited to the region surrounding the conductor when the potential gradient exceeds a certain value Category: Electrical engineering and energy • any electrically detectable,field-intensified ionisation that occurs in an insulating system but does not result immediately in catas...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
    
    
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    Corona
    Co·ro'na noun ; plural Latin Coronæ (-n...), English Coronas (-n...z). [ Latin corona crown. See Crown .] 1. A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services. 2. (Architecture) The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Il ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/162
    
    
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    corona
    A ring of tissue arising from the corolla or perianth of a flower and standing between the perianth lobes and the stamens. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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    corona
    noun a long cigar with blunt ends
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    corona
    noun (anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape
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    corona
    noun (botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower
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    Corona
    A `corona` is a type of plasma `atmosphere` of the Sun or other celestial body, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse, but also observable in a coronagraph. The Greek root of the word Corona means `crown`. The high temperature of the corona gives it unusual spectral features, which led some to suggest, in the 19th century, that it contained a previously unknown element, `coronium`. These spe...
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    corona
    (kә-ro´nә) pl. coro´nae, coronas Latin word meaning crown. In anatomy, it is used to mean a projection or an encircling structure that resembles a crown. adj., cor´onal., adj. corona radiata the radiating crown of projection fibers passing from the internal capsule to ...
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    Corona
    • (n.) The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column. • (n.) The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown. • (n.) A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn o...
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    corona
    (from the article `rotifer`) The body may be spherical, flattened, bag-like, or wormlike. The body wall consists of a thin cuticle. Tufts of cilia at the anterior end make up the ... Rotifers show a great diversity of body form. Cilia surround the anterior end of the body and mouth, forming the corona. Cilia may form circumoral ... [...
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    corona
    (from the article `cigar`) Modern cigars are described by their size and shape as follows: corona is a straight-shaped cigar with rounded top (the end placed in the mouth), ...
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    corona
    (from the article `metamorphic rock`) ...can also constrain the quantitative pressure-temperature history of the rock during metamorphism. An example of a reaction texture is shown in ...
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