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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024disk /dɪsk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- any thin, flat, circular plate or object.
- any surface that is flat and round, or seemingly so:the disk of the sun.
- Sound Reproductiondisc (def. 1).
- Computingany of several types of materials for storing electronic or computer data, consisting of thin round plates of plastic or metal.
- Botany, Zoologyany of various roundish, flat anatomical structures, esp. between the bones of the backbone.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024disk (disk),USA pronunciation n. - any thin, flat, circular plate or object.
- any surface that is flat and round, or seemingly so:the disk of the sun.
- Sound Reproductiondisc (def. 1).
- Computingany 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, Zoologyany of various roundish, flat structures or parts.
- See 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.
- Mathematicsthe domain bounded by a circle.
- [Archaic.]discus.
v.t. - Informal Termsdisc (def. 3).
- to cultivate (soil) with a disk harrow.
Also, disc (for defs. 1, 2, 4–9, 12). - Latin discus discus; compare dish
- 1655–65
disk′like′, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: disk /dɪsk/ n - a variant spelling (esp US and Canadian) of disc
Also called: magnetic disk, hard disk 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
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024disc /dɪsk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Sound Reproductiona phonograph record.
- Computingdisk.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024disc (disk),USA pronunciation n. - Sound Reproductiona phonograph record.
- Computingdisk (defs. 1, 2, 4–9).
v.t. - Sound Reproduction, Informal Terms[Informal.]to make (a recording) on a phonograph disc.
- disk (defs. 11, 12).
Also, disk (for defs. 1, 3). disc., - discount.
- discovered.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: disc, (now) esp US disk /dɪsk/ n - a flat circular plate
- something resembling or appearing to resemble this
- another word for (gramophone) record
- 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
- 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
- a variant spelling of disk
Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin discus, from Greek diskos quoit |