Sage

Sage or SAGE may refer to:

People

• A "sage" is any wise teacher, someone who imparts wisdom or the perennial philosophy, including spiritual teachers and teachers of mysticism but not necessarily with such religious connotations, so may refer to a:

• Wise old man, a kind, wise, paternal figure, often archetypal or stereotypical
• Philosopher, particularly one distinguished for wisdom, depth, or sound judgment
• Poet, particularly of transcendental or devotional poetry
• Rabbi, Priest, or other clergyman or religious leader

• Sage (Sophos), a Stoic wise man
• Sage (name), a surname and given name (article includes a list of people with the name)

Plants

• Ornamental and medicinal plants of the mint family, Lamiaceae:
  • Salvia, a large genus
    • Salvia officinalis (common sage), a small evergreen subshrub used as a culinary herb
  • Perovskia, a genus of seven species, closely related to Salvia
    • Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage), a deciduous perennial grown as an ornamental
  • Phlomis, a genus of about 100 species of herbaceous plants, subshrubs and shrubs
    • Phlomis fruticosa (Jerusalem Sage), a perennial herb
• Artemisia (genus), a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae
  • Artemisia tridentata, Sagebrush, Big Sagebrush, Common Sagebrush, Blue Sagebrush, or Black Sagebrush
• Eriogonum jamesii (Antelope Sage, James's Buckwheat), a perennial herb of the knotweed family Polygonaceae
• Krascheninnikovia lanata (Winterfat, informally called White Sage), a shrub of the goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae
• Leucophyllum, a genus of evergreen shrubs in the family Plantaginaceae
  • Leucophyllum frutescens (Texas Sage)
• Tetradymia canescens (Spineless Horsebrush, informally called Black Sage), a shrub of the sunflower family Asteraceae
• Coastal sage scrub, a low scrubland plant community

Organizations

• SAGE Publications, an academic publishing company
• SAGE (organization), a professional organization for IT system administrators
• Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE), a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT older adults
• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), a professional organization for minimally invasive surgeons
• The Sage Colleges, a private educational institution located in New York
• Sage Group, producers of software (especially accounting software)
• Sage Telecom, a U.S. telecommunications company
• SAGE Computer Technology, former name of a U.S. computer manufacturer, later named "Stride Computers"
• Sage SA, a software publishing company for banking and finance industries
• SAGE-AU, an Australian professional association of system administrators
• The Sage Gateshead, a centre for musical education, performance and conferences
• SAGE - Society for the Advancement of Gooder English [1], a group dedicated to the preservation of the English Language, principally through making fun of speling and, grammatical mistake's

Places

• Sage, California
  • Sage, Kern County, California
  • Sage, Riverside County, California

Characters

• Sage, a Blue Sentient from the TV show Hot Wheels Battle Force 5
• Sage (comics), a comic book superhero, X-Men member
• Sage the Owl, a character in The Herbs
• Sage, a recurring character class in the Final Fantasy series
• Sage, a radio channel hostess from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Sage, a character in the Shuffle! series
• The Sages, a group of recurring characters in The Legend of Zelda series
• Sage, a character class in the Fire Emblem series
• Sarda the Sage, a character in the webcomic 8-Bit Theater
• Toad Sage, a Naruto character
• Sage, one of the 25 unlockable characters in Maxis's Action RPG Darkspore
• Ansem the Wise from Kingdom Hearts
• Pansage, a Pokémon

Software

• Sage (mathematics software), free and open-source mathematics software system written in Python
• Sage, a business software system
• Sage (Mozilla Firefox extension), news aggregator extension for the browser
• SAGE (game engine), a game engine used by Westwood Studios and Electronic Arts for real-time strategy games

Military Equipment

• Semi Automatic Ground Environment, an automated 1950s-era air defense control system for tracking enemy bombers by NORAD
• USS Sage (AM-111), Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy

Other

• Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health, a study run by the World Health Organization
• Serial analysis of gene expression, molecular biology technique for measuring mRNA levels
• Sage writing, form of literary non-fiction popular in the Victorian era
• Sage Hill School, college-preparatory school in California
• One of the 7 Oceans in Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates
• SAGE (Soviet–American Gallium Experiment), a radiochemical experiment in solar neutrino physics
• The Sage School, a suburban private school located in Foxboro, MA serving children grades Pre-K-8
• Russell Sage College, a private women's college in Troy, NY
• To sage; the act of "not bumping" a thread on a forum or imageboard

See also

• Seven Sages (disambiguation)
• Le Sage