ETYM Latin corona crown. Related to Crown.
Colored ring, due to diffraction, seen round sun or moon; luminous envelope surrounding sun; Phonetics, tip of tongue.
1. One or more circles of light seen around a luminous object.
2. A long cigar with blunt ends.
3. (Anatomy) Any structure that resembles a crown in shape.
Faint halo of hot (about 2,000,000şC/3,600,000şF) and tenuous gas around the Sun, which boils from the surface. It is visible at solar eclipses or through a coronagraph, an instrument that blocks light from the Sun’s brilliant disc. Gas flows away from the corona to form the solar wind. + prikaži više

ETYM Latin corona crown. Related to Crown.
Colored ring, due to diffraction, seen round sun or moon; luminous envelope surrounding sun; Phonetics, tip of tongue.
1. One or more circles of light seen around a luminous object.
2. A long cigar with blunt ends.
3. (Anatomy) Any structure that resembles a crown in shape.
Faint halo of hot (about 2,000,000şC/3,600,000şF) and tenuous gas around the Sun, which boils from the surface. It is visible at solar eclipses or through a coronagraph, an instrument that blocks light from the Sun’s brilliant disc. Gas flows away from the corona to form the solar wind. + prikaži više