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.
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Origin of Plage
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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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