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disk I. noun or disc \ˈdisk\ (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Latin discus dish, disk, quoit — more at dish 1. archaic : discus 1 2. : the seemingly flat figure or image of a celestial body as it appears in the heavens 3. : any of several more or less rounded and flattened plant structures: as a. : the central portion of the flower head of a typical composite composed of closely packed tubular flowers — see discoid b. usually disc : an enlargement of the torus surrounding, beneath, or above the pistil of some flowers c. : the curved spore-bearing surface of an apothecium; also : the central upper portion of the pileus of a mushroom d. : one of the adhesive circular enlargements at the ends of the tendrils in the Virginia creeper, Boston ivy, and similar plants by which they climb flat surfaces; also : any similar adhesive surface (as the base of a pollinium) 4. : any of various rounded and flattened animal anatomical structures: as a. : the flattened circumoral part of a coelenterate (as a sea anemone) b. usually disc : the body of an echinoderm c. : the area of modified plumage surrounding the eye of an owl d. : a mammalian red blood cell e. : optic disk f. : intervertebral disk 5. : a thin circular object < a metal disk > as a. : discoidal b. : a round dish used in the Eastern Orthodox Church to hold the host c. : a small tablet with glycerogelatin base used in eye medication; also : a small medicated mass of sugar and egg albumen used in homeopathic practice d. : puck III 2a e. : one of the circular wooden pieces used in shuffleboard f. usually disc : a phonograph record 6. : a rotating abrasive device used in dentistry 7. : a circular symbol used by ancient Egyptians to represent the sun 8. usually disc : one of the concave circular hardened steel tools with sharpened edge that make up the working part of a disc harrow or plow; often : an implement employing such tools : disc harrow, disc plow 9. usually disc : a small flat woman's hat of oval shape usually worn forward on the head II. transitive verb or disc \“\ (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. : to cultivate with a disc harrow or disc cultivator 2. usually disc : to record on a phonograph disc III. noun or disc 1. : a round flat plate (as of metal) coated with a magnetic substance on which data for a computer can be stored — called also magnetic disk 2. : a circular grid in a photocomposer 3. a. : optical disk herein b. : compact disc herein c. : videodisc herein |