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English

/peɪd͡ʒ/

noun
Definitions
  • One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
  • One side of a paper leaf on which one has written or printed.
  • (figurative) Any record or writing; a collective memory.
  • (typesetting) The type set up for printing a page.
  • (computing) A screenful of text and possibly other content.
  • (Internet) A web page.
  • (computing) A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.

Etymology

Derived from Latin pāgina, pagina derived from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (attach, fix, fasten, hang).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*peh₂ǵ-

Gloss

attach, fix, fasten, hang

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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