plage

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

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

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the beach at a seaside resort

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Plage may refer to:

• Plage (astronomy), a bright region in the chromosphere of the Sun
• Plage (mycology), a clear, unornamented area on the basal area of an ornamented fungal spore

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