disc

Noun
Synonyms: phonograph recordphonograph recordingrecorddiskplattersaucermagnetic diskmagnetic disc

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the grooveSynonyms: phonograph recordphonograph recordingrecorddiskplatter
  2. something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate“the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky”Synonyms: disksaucer
  3. (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is storedSynonyms: magnetic diskmagnetic discdisk
  4. a flat circular plateSynonyms: disk
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Disc \Disc\ (d[i^]sk), 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. [1913 Webster]
Disk \Disk\ (d[i^]sk), n. [L. discus, Gr. di`skos. See Dish.] [Written also disc.]

1.A discus; a quoit. [1913 Webster]

Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

2.A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper. [1913 Webster]

3.(Astron.) The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens. [1913 Webster]

4.(Biol.) A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Disk engine, a form of rotary steam engine.

Disk shell (Zool.), any species of Discina. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

disc disc drive

<storage, spelling> British spelling of "disk", normally only used for "compact disc".

(1995-07-30)

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