disclessadj.

Brit.

/ˈdɪskləs/, U.S.

/ˈdɪskləs/

Forms: see disc n. and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: disc n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < disc n. + -less suffix.

1. Having no disc, without a disc.

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1840 R. Wight Illustr. Indian Bot. I. 179 From Ilicineæ they are separated by the valvate æstivation of their calyx and by their discoid polypetalous, not monopetalous diskless, flowers.

1907 Nelson's Encycl. XII. 106/1 The pompon are discless, and more or less globular and compact.

1981 Pop. Mech. Aug. 114/2 If the CED system becomes the standard, pity the poor laser owner a few disc-less years later.

2000 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 1 Jan. 35 Australia's ninox or discless owls do in fact have discs but they only form when the bird is excited.

2. Astronomy. Originally: (of a celestial object) too small or too distant to show a disc. In later use also: (of a star) not accompanied by a planetary or protoplanetary disc.

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the world > the universe > heavenly body > [adjective] > without disc

discless1866

1866 W. Huggins in Chem. News 14 187/1 In the largest instruments the stars remain diskless.

1938 Sci. Monthly Nov. 411/1 No telescope, existing, projected or imaginable, can show a star to us as anything but a diskless point of light.

1985 A. Sandage in D. Kunth et al. Star-Forming Dwarf Galaxies & Related Objects 36 For the diskless E systems it had always been clear that the stars had to be formed out of the gas at a rate faster than the (Gρ)^−½ collapse time, otherwise a disk would form.

2003 P. Anderson For Love & Glory xlvi. 256 The giant sun..was discless, a point of blue-white blaze too brilliant to look anywhere near.

2012 G. Micela in A. Moitinho & J. Alves Star Clusters in Era of Large Surv. 173 Disk-less stars have purely photospheric colours, without any contamination due to the presence of a disk.

3. Computing. Usually in form diskless. Of a workstation or other piece of hardware: not containing a hard disk, so relying on a central server for all data storage. Cf. thin client n. at thin adj., n., and adv. Additions.

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1980 InfoWorld 22 Dec. 25/1 String arrays seem especially good as substitutes for files in diskless systems.

1992 Byte Mar. 18/2 There is the ugly new phenomenon of diskless workstations, which provide end users with processors but deny them the space to store work unless the network and the central server are running.

2008 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 14 Oct. 8 Thin clients—diskless machines that consume a fraction of the power.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	discless
释义	disclessadj. Brit. /ˈdɪskləs/, U.S. /ˈdɪskləs/ Forms: see disc n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: disc n., -less suffix. Etymology: < disc n. + -less suffix. 1. Having no disc, without a disc. ΚΠ 1840 R. Wight Illustr. Indian Bot. I. 179 From Ilicineæ they are separated by the valvate æstivation of their calyx and by their discoid polypetalous, not monopetalous diskless, flowers. 1907 Nelson's Encycl. XII. 106/1 The pompon are discless, and more or less globular and compact. 1981 Pop. Mech. Aug. 114/2 If the CED system becomes the standard, pity the poor laser owner a few disc-less years later. 2000 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 1 Jan. 35 Australia's ninox or discless owls do in fact have discs but they only form when the bird is excited. 2. Astronomy. Originally: (of a celestial object) too small or too distant to show a disc. In later use also: (of a star) not accompanied by a planetary or protoplanetary disc. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > [adjective] > without disc discless1866 1866 W. Huggins in Chem. News 14 187/1 In the largest instruments the stars remain diskless. 1938 Sci. Monthly Nov. 411/1 No telescope, existing, projected or imaginable, can show a star to us as anything but a diskless point of light. 1985 A. Sandage in D. Kunth et al. Star-Forming Dwarf Galaxies & Related Objects 36 For the diskless E systems it had always been clear that the stars had to be formed out of the gas at a rate faster than the (Gρ)^−½ collapse time, otherwise a disk would form. 2003 P. Anderson For Love & Glory xlvi. 256 The giant sun..was discless, a point of blue-white blaze too brilliant to look anywhere near. 2012 G. Micela in A. Moitinho & J. Alves Star Clusters in Era of Large Surv. 173 Disk-less stars have purely photospheric colours, without any contamination due to the presence of a disk. 3. Computing. Usually in form diskless. Of a workstation or other piece of hardware: not containing a hard disk, so relying on a central server for all data storage. Cf. thin client n. at thin adj., n., and adv. Additions. ΚΠ 1980 InfoWorld 22 Dec. 25/1 String arrays seem especially good as substitutes for files in diskless systems. 1992 Byte Mar. 18/2 There is the ugly new phenomenon of diskless workstations, which provide end users with processors but deny them the space to store work unless the network and the central server are running. 2008 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 14 Oct. 8 Thin clients—diskless machines that consume a fraction of the power. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1840
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