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disc

(dĭsk)

n. & v.

Variant of disk.

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disc

(dɪsk) or

disk

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

(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.

2. disk (defs. 1, 2, 4–8).

v.t.

3. disk (def. 10).

[see disk]

disc.

1. discount.

2. discovered.

disc

– disk

1. '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

Imperative
disc
disc

Present
I disc
you disc
he/she/it discs
we disc
you disc
they disc

Preterite
I disced
you disced
he/she/it disced
we disced
you disced
they disced

Present Continuous
I am discing
you are discing
he/she/it is discing
we are discing
you are discing
they are discing

Present Perfect
I have disced
you have disced
he/she/it has disced
we have disced
you have disced
they have disced

Past Continuous
I was discing
you were discing
he/she/it was discing
we were discing
you were discing
they were discing

Past Perfect
I had disced
you had disced
he/she/it had disced
we had disced
you had disced
they had disced

Future
I will disc
you will disc
he/she/it will disc
we will disc
you will disc
they will disc

Future Perfect
I will have disced
you will have disced
he/she/it will have disced
we will have disced
you will have disced
they will have disced

Future Continuous
I will be discing
you will be discing
he/she/it will be discing
we will be discing
you will be discing
they will be discing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been discing
you have been discing
he/she/it has been discing
we have been discing
you have been discing
they have been discing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been discing
you will have been discing
he/she/it will have been discing
we will have been discing
you will have been discing
they will have been discing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been discing
you had been discing
he/she/it had been discing
we had been discing
you had been discing
they had been discing

Conditional
I would disc
you would disc
he/she/it would disc
we would disc
you would disc
they would disc

Past Conditional
I would have disced
you would have disced
he/she/it would have disced
we would have disced
you would have disced
they would have disced

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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 phonograph record, phonograph recording, platter, record, disk acetate disk, phonograph recording disk - a disk coated with cellulose acetate LP, L-P - a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm 78, seventy-eight - a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute audio recording, sound recording, audio - a recording of acoustic signals
	2.	disc - something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate; "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky" disk, saucer 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 dot, point - a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots"
	3.	disc - (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored magnetic disc, magnetic disk, disk 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" fixed disk, hard disc, hard disk - a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit 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 disk 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 circle, round - any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles" 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 discus, saucer - a disk used in throwing competitions 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

disc

disk

noun

1. circle, plate, saucer, discus a revolving disc with replaceable blades

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 disc
noun

A closed plane curve everywhere equidistant from a fixed point or something shaped like this:

band, circle, circuit, gyre, ring, wheel.

Archaic: orb.

Translations

قُرْص

kotoučploténkadeskadiskkolo

skivecddiskettegrammofonpladeplade

Scheibe

δίσκος

disco

levyvälilevykiekko

disque

disk

koronglemez

diskur; disklingurhljómplata, skífaskífa, kringla

disco ernia del disco fetta lastra compact disc

ディスク

디스크

disksskanuplate

schijf discus

skive diskett diskos grammofonplate

dysk

disco

диск

diskgramofónová platňa alebo kompaktný diskkotúčplatňa

plošča

skiva

แผ่นดิสก์

disk disketplâkyassı dairesel cisimCD

vật hình đĩa

盘

disc

disk (US) [dɪsk]

A. N (gen) (Anat) → disco m; (= identity disc) → chapa f (Comput) = disk
see also slip C4

B. CPD disc brakes NPL (Aut) → frenos mpl de disco
disc jockey N → discjockey mf, pinchadiscos mf inv

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disc

[ˈdɪsk] n

(round, flat object) → disque m

(in spine) → disque m, disque m intervertébral slipped disc

(= record) → disque m

disc

, (esp US) disk

(= flat, circular object) → (runde) Scheibe; (Anat) → Bandscheibe f; (Mil, = identity disc) → (Erkennungs)marke f ? slip

(= record, Comput) → Platte f; (= CD) → CD f ? also disk

disc

disc brake

n → Scheibenbremse f

disc camera

n → Disc-Kamera f

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disc

[dɪsk] n

a. (gen, record) (Anat) → disco; (identity disc, of dog) → targhetta di riconoscimento; (of soldier) → piastrina di riconoscimento

b. (Comput) = disk

disc,

disk

(disk) noun

1. 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.

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

disc

n disco; herniated — hernia de disco; intervertebral — disco intervertebral; optic — disco óptico

References in classic literature ?

Consequently, their arrival on the lunar disc could not take place until the 5th of December at twelve at night, at the exact moment when the moon should be full, and not on the

Indeed it was thought that all observations would have to be put off to the 3d of January in the following year; for the moon entering its last quarter on the 11th, would then only present an ever-decreasing portion of her disc, insufficient to allow of their following the course of the projectile.

At length, to the general satisfaction, a heavy storm cleared the atmosphere on the night of the 11th and 12th of December, and the moon, with half-illuminated disc, was plainly to be seen upon the black sky.

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The highest summit of all towers to a height of 22,606 feet above the surface of the lunar disc. At the same period the examination of the moon was completed.

Thus they remarked that, during full moon, the disc appeared scored in certain parts with white lines; and, during the phases, with black.

As to the phenomenon known as the "ashy light," it is explained naturally by the effect of the transmission of the solar rays from the earth to the moon, which give the appearance of completeness to the lunar disc, while it presents itself under the crescent form during its first and last phases.

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"If to-morrow, the 21st of March, the disc of the sun, allowing for refraction, is exactly cut by the northern horizon, it will show that I am at the South Pole."

To the north the disc of the sun seemed like a ball of fire, already horned by the cutting of the horizon.

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Amphialus excelled all the others in jumping, while at throwing the disc there was no one who could approach Elatreus.

So he hurried up without even taking his cloak off, and seized a disc, larger, more massive and much heavier than those used by the Phaeacians when disc-throwing among themselves.

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"If this tiny disc can vibrate a bone," he thought, "then an iron disc might vibrate an iron rod, or at least, an iron wire." In a flash the conception of a membrane telephone was pictured in his mind.

He stopped to listen, and, as one of the bystanders afterwards said, no one could forget the look of awe that came into his face as he heard that iron disc talking with a human voice.