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plage

[ plahzh ]

noun

  1. a sandy bathing beach at a seashore resort.
  2. Astronomy. a luminous area in the sun's chromosphere that appears in the vicinity of a sunspot.


plage

/ plɑːʒ /

noun

  1. astronomy a bright patch in the sun's chromosphere
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plage

/ pläzh /

  1. A bright and intensely hot area in the Sun's chromosphere, usually associated with a sunspot. It is typically brighter than its surroundings but may be indistinguishable due to lack of contrast. Plages are sources of strong ultraviolet radiation.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of plage1

First recorded in 1885–90; from French, from Italian piaggia, from Late Latin plagia “shore,” noun use of feminine of plagius “horizontal,” from Greek plágia (neuter plural) “sides (of a mountain), flanks (of an army),” noun use of plágios “oblique, slanting, sideways”; plagio-
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Word History and Origins

Origin of plage1

French, literally: beach, strand
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Example Sentences

Another very interesting place is the Plage de Westende, the present terminus of the electric railway from Ostend.

A lovely motor carriage was at our disposal for the “Hotel de la Plage.”

After dinner he sat outside the hotel for an hour, watching people pass up and down the plage.

The godly expownd it as a due plage of God for the wickednes ther usid, and the Sabath day so profanely spent.

How and whether a Christen man ought to flye the horrible plage of the Pestilence.

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