The noun CORONA has 6 senses: 1. the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse. 2. (botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower.3. an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere.he noun CORONA has 6 senses: 1. the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse. 2. (botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower. 3. an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere.
Fire intensity. n. The amount of energy or heat release per unit time. FireWords uses a non-specific definition of fire intensity that encompasses several specific types of fire intensity measures.
Fire is hot because conversion of the weak double bond in molecular oxygen, O2, to the stronger bonds in the combustion products carbon dioxide and water releases energy (418 kJ per 32 g of O2); the bond energies of the fuel play only a minor role here.