Definition

1. Noun:

   • A circular band of foliage or flowers worn on the head for ornament or as a mark of honor: A decorative wreath, often made of leaves, flowers, or precious materials, traditionally worn on the head.
   • Something resembling such a band; a crown or coronet: An object that encircles the head like a crown.
   • (Anatomy) A coronal structure, such as the coronal suture of the skull: Relating to the crown or top of a structure, particularly in anatomical contexts.

2. Adjective:

   • (Anatomy) Relating to the crown of the head or the coronal plane: Pertaining to the frontal plane that divides the body into front (anterior) and back (posterior) portions.
   • (Astronomy) Relating to a corona, especially of the sun: Pertaining to the outermost layer of a star's atmosphere.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The victor in the ancient games received a laurel coronal.
  • She wore a beautiful floral coronal for the spring festival.
• Adjective:
  • The surgeon made an incision along the coronal plane.
  • Scientists study coronal mass ejections from the sun.

Advanced Usage

• "Coronal plane": In anatomy, an imaginary vertical plane that divides the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back) sections.
  • The MRI scan shows a section along the coronal plane.
• "Coronal suture": The dense, fibrous connective tissue joint that unites the frontal bone with the two parietal bones of the skull.
  • The infant's coronal suture allows for skull growth.

Variants and Related Words

• Corona (n): A crown or a crown-like structure; the rarefied gaseous envelope of the sun and other stars.
  • We observed the sun's corona during the eclipse.
• Coronary (adj): Anatomically, encircling like a crown (e.g., coronary arteries); often used in a medical context related to the heart.
  • He has a history of coronary artery disease.
• Coronation (n): The ceremony of crowning a sovereign.
  • The nation celebrated the king's coronation.

Synonyms

• Wreath: A circular band of flowers, leaves, or other materials.
• Garland: A wreath of flowers, leaves, or other material worn for ornament.
• Chaplet: A wreath or garland for the head.
• Diadem: A jeweled crown or headband worn as a symbol of sovereignty.

Related Phrases

• Coronal hole: (Astronomy) A region in the sun's corona that is less dense and cooler, a source of high-speed solar wind.
  • The recent coronal hole caused geomagnetic storms on Earth.
• Coronal section: (Anatomy) A slice of an organ or the body made along the coronal plane.
  • The diagram shows a coronal section of the brain.

Noun

1. flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes