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cor•o•nal



Pronunciation: (
—n.kôr'u-nl, kor'-;
—adj.ku-rōn'l, kôr'u-nl, kor'-), [key]
—n.
1. a crown; coronet.
2. a garland.

—adj.
1. of or pertaining to a coronal.
2. Anat.
a. of or pertaining to a corona.
b. (of a plane along the long axis of the body) lying in the direction of the coronal suture.
c. Also,frontal.lying in the direction of the frontal plane.
3. Phonet.(of a speech sound) articulated with the tip of the tongue, esp. in a retroflex position.
4. Ling.(in distinctive feature analysis) articulated with the blade of the tongue raised; dental, alveolar, or palato-alveolar.
5. of or pertaining to the tip of the tongue.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

coronagraphcoronal hole
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