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plage

(plȧz̸h)

noun

a sandy beach at a seaside resort area

Origin: Fr < It piaggia < LL plagia, shore < *plagius, slanting < Gr plagios, oblique: see plagal

noun

a bright granular area in the chromosphere of the sun visible on a spectroheliogram that is taken at the wavelengths of the hydrogen or ionized calcium vapor

Origin: < plage

See plage in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A sandy beach at a seaside resort.
A bright and intensely hot area in the sun's chromosphere, usually associated with a sunspot.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Italian piaggia

Origin: , ultimately from Greek plagia

Origin: , neuter pl. of plagios, oblique, slanting; see plagal

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