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

Words nearby disk

disjunct, disjunction, disjunctive, disjuncture, disjune, disk, disk crank, disk crash, disk drive, disk flower, disk harrow

Definition for disk (2 of 2)

disc

[ disk ]

/ dɪsk /

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

Example sentences from the Web for disk

Divide the dough in half and very gently pat each half into a round 1-inch-thick disk.

Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Pumpkin Pecan Pie |Carla Hall |December 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
If your ears are tired of slick auto-tuned vocals, pick up this disk for an aural detox.

The Best Albums of 2014 |Ted Gioia |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Which is lucky: we can see the gaps in the disk more clearly than if the disk were at a steeper angle.

The Most Stunning View Ever of Planets Being Born |Matthew R. Francis |November 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But the most breathtaking aspects of the image are the rings and gaps in the disk, never imaged before in this much detail.

The Most Stunning View Ever of Planets Being Born |Matthew R. Francis |November 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

In the Chrome universe, a piece of software will not be a disk you buy, own, and are stuck with, but a place you go.

Google's War on the PC |Douglas Rushkoff |July 8, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
If the current grows weaker, the magnet becomes weaker and does not pull so hard on the disk.

The Story of Great Inventions |Elmer Ellsworth Burns
Pores irregular, roundish, very small; twenty-six to twenty-eight on the radius of the disk.

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) |Ernst Haeckel
In Gesneraceae and Cruciferae the disk consists of tooth-like scales at the base of the stamens.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 |Various
To prevent this the top soil should be stirred frequently with a disk or smoothing harrow.

Agriculture for Beginners |Charles William Burkett
In this species the plates of the disk are imbricated, or lapping over each other, and thirteen in number.

Reptiles and Birds |Louis Figuier

British Dictionary definitions for disk (1 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

British Dictionary definitions for disk (2 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

Medical definitions for disk (1 of 2)

disk

n.

A thin, flat, circular object or plate.

lamella

Medical definitions for disk (2 of 2)

disc

[ dĭsk ]

n.

Variant ofdisk

A discus.

Scientific definitions for disk

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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