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| English Dictionary: disc |
by the
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| 4 results for disc |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- disc
- n
- sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous
groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
Synonym(s): phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter
- something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate; "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky"
Synonym(s): disk, disc, saucer
- (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
Synonym(s): magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disk, disc
- a flat circular plate
Synonym(s): disk, disc
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Disc \Disc\, n. [See {Disk}, {Dish}.]
A flat round plate; (Biol.) A circular structure either in
plants or animals; as, a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc.
Same as {Disk}.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Disk \Disk\, n. [L. discus, Gr. [?]. See {Dish}.] [Written also
{disc}.]
1. A discus; a quoit.
Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart.
--Pope.
2. A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.
3. (Astron.) The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen
projected of the heavens.
4. (Biol.) A circular structure either in plants or animals;
as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.
5. (Bot.)
(a) The whole surface of a leaf.
(b) The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in
sunflower.
(c) A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under,
or around, or even on top of, the pistil.
6. (Zo[94]l.)
(a) The anterior surface or oral area of c[d2]lenterate
animals, as of sea anemones.
(b) The lower side of the body of some invertebrates,
especially when used for locomotion, when it is often
called a creeping disk.
(c) In owls, the space around the eyes.
{Disk engine}, a form of rotary steam engine.
{Disk shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Discina.
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| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
disc
British spelling of "{disk}", normally
only used for "{compact disc}".
(1995-07-30)
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