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noun 1 one side of a leaf of a book, magazine, or newspaper, or the material written or printed on it. 2 both sides of such a leaf considered as a single unit. 3 Computing a section of data displayed on a screen at one time. 4 a particular episode considered as part of a longer history. verb 1 (page through) leaf through. 2 Computing move through and display (text) one page at a time. ORIGIN Latin pagina, from pangere fasten.
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