disc

[ disk ]

/ dɪsk /

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noun

a phonograph record.

disk(defs 1, 2, 4–9).

verb (used with object)

Informal. to make (a recording) on a phonograph disc.

disk(defs 11, 12).

Also disk (for defs 1, 3).

Origin of disc

see origin at disk

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH disc

disc disk

Words nearby disc

disbranch, disbud, disburden, disburse, disbursement, disc, disc brake, disc camera, disc film, disc floret, disc harrow

Definition for disc (2 of 4)

disk

[ disk ]

/ dɪsk /

noun

any thin, flat, circular plate or object.

any surface that is flat and round, or seemingly so: the disk of the sun.

disc(def 1).

Computers. any of several types of media consisting of thin, round plates of plastic or metal, used for external storage: magnetic disk; floppy disk; optical disk.

Botany, Zoology. any of various roundish, flat structures or parts.

intervertebral disk.

Botany. (in the daisy and other composite plants) the central portion of the flower head, composed of tubular florets.

any of the circular steel blades that form the working part of a disk harrow.

Mathematics. the domain bounded by a circle.

Archaic. discus.

verb (used with object)

Informal. disc(def 3).

to cultivate (soil) with a disk harrow.

Also disc (for defs 1, 2, 4–9, 12).

Origin of disk

1655–65; < Latin discus discus; cf. dish

OTHER WORDS FROM disk

disk·like, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH disk

disc disk

Definition for disc (3 of 4)

disc.

discount.

discovered.

Definition for disc (4 of 4)

disc-

variant of disco- before a vowel.

Example sentences from the Web for disc

Now a small band of Dylan sleuths led by an Albuquerque disc jockey may finally have found the key…but, to what?

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The content that is on that disc should be made available to them and not locked under some arbitrary key.

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This called the "disc abnormalities cause back pain thesis into question".

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But the fact is, people are reporting receiving the disc in the mail.

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Need to watch a movie on disc or load a program or content the old fashioned way?

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The moon had risen over the lake and the water now only showed broken reflections of its disc.

Honey-Bee |Anatole France
If the disc is made 10 or 12 inches in diameter, it may be divided into degrees without difficulty.

Aviation Engines |Victor Wilfred Pag
In a disc (A), preferably made of brass, are two channels (B) at right angles to each other.

Practical Mechanics for Boys |J. S. Zerbe
He saw the Earthman and the girl casting interested glances at the disc vehicles that surrounded them everywhere.

The Revolt of the Star Men |Raymond Gallun
All the light that radiates from the Sun on its surface is condensed into a disc that becomes smaller and smaller.

Lumen |Camille Flammarion

British Dictionary definitions for disc (1 of 2)

disc

now esp US disk

/ (dɪsk) /

noun

a flat circular plate

something resembling or appearing to resemble this the sun's disc

another word for (gramophone) record

anatomy any approximately circular flat structure in the body, esp an intervertebral disc

the flat receptacle of composite flowers, such as the daisy
(as modifier)a disc floret

the middle part of the lip of an orchid

Also called: parking disc a marker or device for display in a parked vehicle showing the time of arrival or the latest permitted time of departure or both
(as modifier)a disc zone; disc parking

computing a variant spelling of disk (def. 2)

verb

to work (land) with a disc harrow

Word Origin for disc

C18: from Latin discus, from Greek diskos quoit

British Dictionary definitions for disc (2 of 2)

disk

/ (dɪsk) /

noun

a variant spelling (esp US and Canadian) of disc

Also called: magnetic disk, hard disk computing a direct-access storage device consisting of a stack of plates coated with a magnetic layer, the whole assembly rotating rapidly as a single unit. Each surface has a read-write head that can move radially to read or write data on concentric tracks Compare drum 1 (def. 9) See also floppy disk

Medical definitions for disc (1 of 2)

disc

[ dĭsk ]

n.

Variant ofdisk

A discus.

Medical definitions for disc (2 of 2)

disk

n.

A thin, flat, circular object or plate.

lamella

Scientific definitions for disc

disk

disc

(dĭsk)

See magnetic disk.
See optical disk.

See intervertebral disk.

The round, flat center, consisting of many disk flowers, found in the inflorescences of many composite plants such as the daisy.

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now esp US disk

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now esp US disk

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