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   coronal

   /kəˈrəʊn(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to the corona of the sun or another star: "coronal holes are a source of geomagnetic activity"
   • 2. relating to the crown of the head.
   • 3. of or in the coronal plane: "coronal imaging"
   • 4. (of a consonant) formed by raising the tip or blade of the tongue towards the hard palate.

   noun

   • 1. a coronal consonant.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in coronal1 (sense 2 of the adjective)): from Latin coronalis, from corona ‘crown’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

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