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page

1  [peyj] noun, verb, paged, pag⋅ing.
Use Page in a Sentence
–noun
1. one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
2. the entire leaf of such a printed or written thing: He tore out one of the pages.
3. a single sheet of paper for writing.
4. a noteworthy or distinctive event or period: a reign that formed a gloomy page in English history.
5. Printing. the type set and arranged for a page.
6. Computers.
a. a relatively small block of main or secondary storage, up to about 1024 words.
b. a block of program instructions or data stored in main or secondary storage.
c. (in word processing) a portion of a document.
d. Web page.
–verb (used with object)
7. to paginate.
8. to turn pages (usu. fol. by through): to page through a book looking for a specific passage.
Origin:
1580–90; < MF < L pāgina column of writing, akin to pangere to fix, make fast

page

2  [peyj] noun, verb, paged, pag⋅ing.
–noun
1. a boy servant or attendant.
2. a youth in attendance on a person of rank or, in medieval times, a youth being trained for knighthood.
3. an attendant or employee, usually in uniform, who carries messages, ushers guests, runs errands, etc.
4. a person employed by a legislature to carry messages and run errands for the members, as in the U.S. Congress.
–verb (used with object)
5. to summon formally by calling out the name of repeatedly: He had his father paged in the hotel lobby.
6. to summon or alert by electronic pager.
7. to control (an electrical appliance, machine, etc.) remotely by means of an electronic signal.
8. to attend as a page.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME (n.) < OF < ?

Page

  [peyj]
–noun
1. Thomas Nelson, 1853–1922, U.S. novelist and diplomat.
2. Walter Hines, 1855–1918, U.S. journalist, editor, and diplomat.
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page 1   (pāj)   
n.  
    1. A leaf or one side of a leaf, as of a book, letter, newspaper, or manuscript: tore a page from the book.
    2. The writing or printing on one side of a leaf.
    3. The type set for printing one side of a leaf.
  2. A noteworthy or memorable event: a new page in history.
  3. Computer Science A quantity of memory storage equal to between 512 and 4,096 bytes.
  4. Computer Science A webpage.
  5. pages A source or record of knowledge: in the pages of science.
v.   paged, pag·ing, pag·es

v.   tr.
To number the pages of; paginate.
v.   intr.
To turn pages: page through a magazine.

[French, alteration of Old French pagine, from Latin pāgina; see pag- in Indo-European roots.]
page'ful' n.
page 2   (pāj)   
n.  
  1. A boy who acted as a knight's attendant as the first stage of training for chivalric knighthood.
  2. A youth in ceremonial employment or attendance at court.
  3. One who is employed to run errands, carry messages, or act as a guide in a hotel, theater, club, or the U.S. Congress or another legislature.
  4. A boy who holds the bride's train at a wedding.
tr.v.   paged, pag·ing, pag·es
  1. To summon or call (a person) by name.
  2. To summon or call (a person) by means of a beeper.
  3. To attend as a page.

[Middle English, from Old French, possibly from Italian paggio, perhaps ultimately from Greek paidion, diminutive of pais, paid-, child; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Page\ (p[=a]j), n. [F., fr. It. paggio, LL. pagius, fr. Gr. paidi`on, dim. of pai^s, paido`s, a boy, servant; perh. akin to L. puer. Cf. Pedagogue, Puerile.]

1. A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.

Page

Page\, n. [F., fr. L. pagina; prob. akin to pagere, pangere, to fasten, fix, make, the pages or leaves being fastened together. Cf. Pact, Pageant, Pagination.]

1. One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript.

Such was the book from whose pages she sang. --Longfellow.

2. Fig.: A record; a writing; as, the page of history.

3. (Print.) The type set up for printing a page.

Page

Page\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paged; p. pr. & vb. n. Paging.] To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to furnish with folios.
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Language Translation for : Page
Spanish: página,
German: die Seite,
Japanese: ページ
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page  (1)
"sheet of paper," 1589 (earlier pagne, 12c., directly from O.Fr.), from M.Fr. page, from O.Fr. pagine, from L. pagina "page, strip of papyrus fastened to others," related to pagella "small page," from pangere "to fasten," from PIE base *pag- "to fix" (see pact). Usually said to be from the notion of individual sheets of paper "fastened" into a book. Ayto offers an alternate theory: vines fastened by stakes and formed into a trellis, which led to sense of "columns of writing on a scroll." When books replaced scrolls, the word continued to be used. Page-turner "book that one can't put down" is from 1974.

page  (2)
"youth, lad, boy of the lower orders," c.1300, originally also "youth preparing to be a knight," from O.Fr. page, possibly via It. paggio, from M.L. pagius "servant," perhaps ult. from Gk. paidion "boy, lad," dim. of pais (gen. paidos) "child;" but some sources consider this unlikely and suggest instead L. pagus "countryside," in sense of "boy from the rural regions" (see pagan). Meaning "youth employed as a personal attendant to a person of rank" is first recorded c.1460; this was transf. from late 18c. to boys who did personal errands in hotels, clubs, etc., also in U.S. legislatures. The verb (1904) is from the notion of "to send a page after" someone. Pager "device that emits a signal when activated by a telephone call" is first attested 1968.
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PAGE
A typesetting language.
["Computer Composition Using PAGE-1", J.L. Pierson, Wiley 1972].

page
1. paging.
2. web page.
(1997-04-10)

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PAGE
polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
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