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Definitions for Disc
[1] a phonograph record.
[2] disk(defs 1, 2, 4–9) .
[3] Informal . to make (a recording) on a phonograph disc.
[4] disk(defs 11, 12) .
[5] any thin, flat, circular plate or object.
[6] any surface that is flat and round, or seemingly so: the disk of the sun.
[7] disc(def 1) .
[8] 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.
[9] Botany , Zoology . any of various roundish, flat structures or parts.
[10] intervertebral disk.
[11] Botany . (in the daisy and other composite plants) the central portion of the flower head, composed of tubular florets.
[12] any of the circular steel blades that form the working part of a disk harrow.
[13] Mathematics . the domain bounded by a circle.
[14] Archaic . discus.
[15] Informal . disc(def 3) .
[16] to cultivate (soil) with a disk harrow.
[17] discount.
[18] discovered.
[19] variant of disco- before a vowel.
[20] a flat circular plate
[21] something resembling or appearing to resemble this the sun's disc
[22] another word for (gramophone) record
[23] anatomy any approximately circular flat structure in the body, esp an intervertebral disc
[24] the flat receptacle of composite flowers, such as the daisy (as modifier ) a disc floret
[25] the middle part of the lip of an orchid
[26] 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
[27] computing a variant spelling of disk (def. 2)
[28] to work (land) with a disc harrow
[29] a variant spelling (esp US and Canadian) of disc
[30] 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
Words related to Disc
layer, slice, slab, dish, disk, tray, sphere, ring, plate, platter, scale, leaf, coat, plane, flake, foil, spangle, lamina, stratum, print
Words nearby Disc
disbranch, disbud, disburden, disburse, disbursement, disc, disc brake, disc camera, disc film, disc floret, disc harrow
Origin of Disc
k1655–65; < Latin discus discus; cf. dish
Words that may be confused with Disc
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, diskdisc, disk
Other words from Disc
disk·like , adjective
Word origin for Disc
C18: from Latin discus, from Greek diskos quoit
Synonyms for Disc
layer, slab, slice, coat, flake, foil, lamella, lamina, leaf, plane, print, scale, spangle, stratum