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Webster Dictionary

  1. Plongeenoun

    a slope or sloping toward the front; as, the plongee of a parapet; the plongee of a shell in its course

  2. Etymology: [F. See Plunge.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. plongée

    In artillery and fortification, means a slope toward the front. Thus, in speaking of the course of a shell through the air, its plongée is from the point of greatest altitude to the point at which it strikes the earth. So, in fortification, the plongée is the top of the parapet, sloping gently toward the front. This depression varies from one-fourth to one-sixth of the thickness of the parapet.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of plongee in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of plongee in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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