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# corona

«corona» in Mova's school dictionary: **The hot outer layer of gas around the Sun, seen as a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (corona, coronas or coronae); noun (Corona, short for coronavirus)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The hot outer layer of gas around the Sun, seen as a glowing ring during a total solar eclipse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corona/#m1)

2) (informal) Short for coronavirus, especially COVID-19. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corona/#m2)

3) A ring of light around something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corona/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, the Sun's corona can be seen only during a total eclipse. In recent history, «corona» was everyday talk for the COVID-19 pandemic, with lockdowns and home learning. The word is Latin for «crown».

### examples

- During the eclipse we saw the Sun's corona. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corona/#x1)
- The corona is hotter than the Sun's surface. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corona/#x2)
- Schools closed during the corona pandemic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corona/#x3)
- Coronaviruses look like they have a crown of spikes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corona/#x4)
- A corona of light shone around the moon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corona/#x5)
- Corona means crown in Latin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corona/#x6)

### note

Never look straight at the Sun, even near an eclipse, without proper eclipse glasses. Corona is also a brand name of beer.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «corona» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corona/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.