[syn: harrow, disk]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disk \Disk\ (d[i^]sk), n. [L. discus, Gr. di`skos. See Dish.]
[Written also disc.]
1. A discus; a quoit.
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Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart.
--Pope.
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2. A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.
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3. (Astron.) The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen
projected of the heavens.
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4. (Biol.) A circular structure either in plants or animals;
as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.
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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.
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6. (Zool.)
(a) The anterior surface or oral area of c[oe]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.
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Disk engine, a form of rotary steam engine.
Disk shell (Zool.), any species of Discina.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disk
n 1: something with a round shape resembling a flat circular
plate; "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky" [syn:
disk, disc, saucer]
2: a flat circular plate [syn: disk, disc]
3: sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous
groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a
phonograph needle tracks in the groove [syn: phonograph
record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc,
platter]
4: (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk
covered with a magnetic coating on which information is
stored [syn: magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disk,
disc]
v 1: draw a harrow over (land) [syn: harrow, disk]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
disk
disks
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.
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