coronal rain

noun

Cooled globs of condensed plasma that falls back onto a star's surface, after having been superheated and lofted into the corona.

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Meanings

nouncoronal rain (countable and uncountable, plural coronal rains)

plural coronal rains

  1. countableuncountableastronomyCooled globs of condensed plasma that falls back onto a star's surface, after having been superheated and lofted into the corona.

Origin

From corona + rain.

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APA

coronal rain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coronal%20rain

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“coronal rain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coronal%20rain. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coronal rain,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coronal%20rain.

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