Plage Definition

pläzh
noun
A sandy beach at a seaside resort area.
Webster's New World
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.
Webster's New World

Origin of Plage

  • French from Italian piaggia ultimately from Greek plagia neuter pl. of plagios oblique, slanting plagal

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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