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View synonyms for coronal
coronal
[ noun kawr-uh-nl, kor-; adjective kuh-rohn-l, kawr-uh-nl, kor- ]
noun
- a crown; coronet.
- a garland.
adjective
- of or relating to a coronal.
- Anatomy.
- of or relating to a corona.
- (of a plane along the long axis of the body) lying in the direction of the coronal suture.
- Phonetics. (of a speech sound) articulated with the tip of the tongue, especially in a retroflex position.
- Linguistics. (in distinctive feature analysis) articulated with the blade of the tongue raised; dental, alveolar, or palato-alveolar.
- of or relating to the tip of the tongue.
coronal
adjective
- of or relating to a corona or coronal
- phonetics a less common word for retroflex
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Other Words From
- coro·naled especially British, coro·nalled adjective
- co·ronal·ly adverb
- nonco·ronal adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of coronal1
C16: from Late Latin corōnālis belonging to a crown
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Example Sentences
The birches and aspens are turned to trees of gold, and only the great oak keeps his coronal of green.
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Haply her truant tresses mock Some coronal of shapelier block, To wit, the bounding billy-cock.
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No coronal effect was noted, though a pulsating nebulous area appeared in front of the moon just before contact.
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They placed a coronal of blooming orange flowers upon her faultless head.
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To prevent this shave off the hair from the coronal commissures, and apply the following plaster to the place.
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