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Circles Around The Sun Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "CORONAE" which means:
- noun
- • The luminous plasma atmosphere of the sun or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.
- • A circle or set of circles visible around a bright celestial object, especially the sun or the moon, attributable to an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of its light by small water droplets or tiny ice crystals.
- • (by extension) any luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person.
- • A luminous appearance caused by corona discharge, often seen as a bluish glow in the air adjacent to pointed metal conductors carrying high voltages.
- • The large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature, situated above the bed moulding and below the cymatium.
- • A large, round pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.
- • A crown or garland bestowed among the romans as a reward for distinguished services.
- • Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona.
- • An upper or crownlike portion of certain parts of the body.
- • A manifestation of secondary syphilis, consisting of papular lesions along the hairline, often bordering the scalp in the manner of a crown.
- • An oval-shaped astrogeological feature, present on both the planet venus and uranus's moon miranda, probably formed by upwellings of warm material below the surface.
- • A mineral zone, consisting of one or more minerals, which surrounds another mineral or lies at the interface of two minerals, typically in a radial arrangement; a reaction rim.
An example sentence would be:
- • "Astronomers study the coronae of distant stars to understand their composition."
- • "The formation of coronae around stars is still not fully understood."
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