coronal

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/n. ˈkɔrənəl, ˈkɑr-; adj. usually kəˈroʊnəl/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(n. kôr′ə nl, kor′-; adj. kə rōn′l, kôr′ə nl, kor′-)

cor•o•nal /n. ˈkɔrənəl, ˈkɑr-; adj. usually kəˈroʊnəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

adj.

cor•o•nal (n. kôr′ə nl, kor′-;adj. kə rōn′l, kôr′ə nl, kor′-),USA pronunciation n.

adj.

of or pertaining to a coronal.
Anatomy
- of or pertaining to a corona.
- (of a plane along the long axis of the body) lying in the direction of the coronal suture.
- Also, frontal. lying in the direction of the frontal plane.
Phonetics(of a speech sound) articulated with the tip of the tongue, esp. in a retroflex position.
Phonetics[Ling.](in distinctive feature analysis) articulated with the blade of the tongue raised;
dental, alveolar, or palato-alveolar.
Phoneticsof or pertaining to the tip of the tongue.

cor′o•naled;
[esp. Brit.,] cor′o•nalled, adj.
co•ro′nal•ly, adv.

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