disk : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: disk	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for disk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disk n something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate; "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky" Synonym(s): disk, disc, saucer a flat circular plate Synonym(s): disk, disc 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 (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 v draw a harrow over (land) Synonym(s): harrow, disk
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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
disk 1. {magnetic disk}. 2. {compact disc}. 3. {optical disk}. Note: the american spelling, "disk", is normal for most computer disks whereas "compact disc", having come to computers via the audio world, is correctly spelled with a "c", indeed, this spelling is part of the CD standard. (1995-07-30)