corona
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- noun
- /kəˈroʊnə/
- Specialized
:
halo
- He does it through a corona or oriole of light, of glowing activity.
- a corona of light
Examples
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Her hair was a corona of white around her head, and she was wrinkled enough to be a hundred years old.
Fiction book (1998) -
He could see only a vague, darker corona above the curve of white.
Fiction book (1990) -
And above it all, a corona of gold.
Fiction book (1999) -
But actually that corona is a whopping million degrees.
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On a foggy, damp night like this, the street light was aptly named; its cold bluish light surrounded by a misty saint's corona.
Fiction book (1995) -
The target sun was a small disc, its luminance selectively dulled till an extravagant corona was eye-visible.
Fiction book (2001) -
It was a symphony of ice and light, solar rings, halos, coronas, mirages, blizzards.
Fiction book (1996) -
As if by magic, a shaft of sunlight lanced through the bare branches above them and struck the castle walls, fanning in an eye-dazzling corona of golden sunfire.
Fiction book (1991) -
If you notice a whitish circle known as a corona around the moon or sun, then a weather change is coming.
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A corona of light surrounded the sun during the eclipse, creating a stunning visual effect.
Synonyms
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A circle of light around the sun or moon when ice in the air bends light
A ring of light around the sun or moon seen in the sky
Compounds
A small group of stars in the northern sky that forms a half circle like a crown
- Specialized
A faint glow around a high-voltage wire when the air becomes charged
How Bright
Surface Forms
Etymology
Corona comes from the Latin corona, meaning 'crown', because rings of light around the sun or moon look like a crown. That's why we call such a bright circle a corona.