Circlets Crossword Clue

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."

We think you're currently doing a New York Times crossword, and other users also searched for these clues: