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disc
(dĭsk)n. & v.
Variant of disk.
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disc
(dɪsk) ordisk
n
1. a flat circular plate
2. something resembling or appearing to resemble this: the sun's disc.
3. (Electronics) another word for (gramophone) record
4. (Anatomy) anatomy any approximately circular flat structure in the body, esp an intervertebral disc
5. (Botany)
a. the flat receptacle of composite flowers, such as the daisy
b. (as modifier): a disc floret.
6. (Botany) the middle part of the lip of an orchid
7. (Automotive Engineering)
a. 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
b. (as modifier): a disc zone; disc parking.
8. (Computer Science) computing a variant spelling of disk2
vb
(Agriculture) to work (land) with a disc harrow
[C18: from Latin discus, from Greek diskos quoit]
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disc
(dɪsk)n.
1. Also, disk. a phonograph record.
v.t. [see disk]
disc.
1. discount.
2. discovered.
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disc
– disk1. 'disc' or 'disk': a flat circular object
In British English, a disc is a flat circular object.
A traffic warden pointed out that I had no tax disc on the windscreen.
In American English, this word is spelled disk.
2. 'compact disc'
In both British and American English, a flat shiny object that stores music is called a compact disc. The abbreviation CD is often used.
The soundtrack will be released on compact disc this summer.
3. 'disk': computer storage
In both British and American English, a disk is a flat circular plate that is used to store large amounts of information for use by a computer.
The disk is then slotted into a desktop PC.
The image data may be stored on your hard disk.
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disc
Past participle: disced
Gerund: discing
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Disk
1. A round thin steel plate, usually dished, that is sometimes used instead of a plow shovel or moldboard.
2. To cultivate or harrow with an implement that uses disks instead of teeth or shovels.
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Noun | 1. | 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 acetate disk, phonograph recording disk - a disk coated with cellulose acetate 78, seventy-eight - a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute |
2. | disc - something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate; "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky" intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk - a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two) round shape - a shape that is curved and without sharp angles | |
3. | disc - (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored diskette, floppy, floppy disk - a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer; "floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price" memory device, storage device - a device that preserves information for retrieval computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures | |
4. | disc - a flat circular plate acetate disk, phonograph recording disk - a disk coated with cellulose acetate brake disk - a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel; pressure is applied to it by the brake pads deadeye - (nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud diaphragm - electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves Frisbee - a light, plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter; propelled with a flip of the wrist for recreation or competition coin blank, planchet - a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin plate - a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic hockey puck, puck - a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey token - a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines |
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disc
disknoun
2. (Old-fashioned) record, vinyl, gramophone record, phonograph record (U.S. & Canad.), platter (U.S. slang) This disc includes the piano sonata in C minor.
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disk
also discnoun
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Translations
kotoučploténkadeskadiskkolo
skivecddiskettegrammofonpladeplade
levyvälilevykiekko
disk
koronglemez
diskur; disklingurhljómplata, skífaskífa, kringla
ディスク
디스크
disksskanuplate
diskgramofónová platňa alebo kompaktný diskkotúčplatňa
plošča
skiva
แผ่นดิสก์
vật hình đĩa
disc
disk (US) [dɪsk]B. CPD disc brakes NPL (Aut) → frenos mpl de disco
disc jockey N → discjockey mf, pinchadiscos mf inv
disc jockey N → discjockey mf, pinchadiscos mf inv
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
disc
[ˈdɪsk] n (round, flat object) → disque m
(in spine) → disque m, disque m intervertébral slipped disc
(= record) → disque m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
disc
, (esp US) diskn
(= flat, circular object) → (runde) Scheibe; (Anat) → Bandscheibe f; (Mil, = identity disc) → (Erkennungs)marke f ? slip
disc
:disc brake
n → Scheibenbremse f
disc camera
n → Disc-Kamera f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
disc
[dɪsk] na. (gen, record) (Anat) → disco; (identity disc, of dog) → targhetta di riconoscimento; (of soldier) → piastrina di riconoscimento
b. (Comput) = disk
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
disc,
disk
(disk) noun1. a flat, thin, circular object. From the earth, the full moon looks like a silver disc.
2. a gramophone/phonograph record or compact disc.
3. in computing, a disc-shaped file.
disc jockey abbreviation ( DJ) a person who presents a programme of music (usually pop-music) on the radio etc from records or discs.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
disc
→ قُرْص kotouč skive Scheibe δίσκος disco levy disque disk disco ディスク 디스크 schijf skive dysk disco диск skiva แผ่นดิสก์ disk vật hình đĩa 盘Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
disc
n disco; herniated — hernia de disco; intervertebral — disco intervertebral; optic — disco ópticoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.