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disk

  [disk]
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–noun
1. any thin, flat, circular plate or object.
2. any surface that is flat and round, or seemingly so: the disk of the sun.
3. disc (def. 1).
4. Computers. any of several types of media consisting of thin, round plates of plastic or metal, used for external storage: magnetic disk; floppy disk; optical disk.
5. Botany, Zoology. any of various roundish, flat structures or parts.
6. intervertebral disk.
7. Botany. (in the daisy and other composite plants) the central portion of the flower head, composed of tubular florets.
8. any of the circular steel blades that form the working part of a disk harrow.
9. Mathematics. the domain bounded by a circle.
10. Archaic. discus.
–verb (used with object)
11. Informal. disc (def. 3).
12. to cultivate (soil) with a disk harrow.
Also, disc (for defs. 1, 2, 4–9, 12).

Origin:
1655–65; < L discus discus; cf. dish

Related forms:
disklike, adjective

disc

  [disk]
–noun
1. a phonograph record.
2. disk (defs. 1, 2, 4–9).
–verb (used with object)
3. Informal. to make (a recording) on a phonograph disc.
4. disk (defs. 11, 12).
Also, disk (for defs. 1, 3).

Origin:
see disk

magnetic disk

 
–noun Computers.
1. Also called disk, hard disk. a rigid disk coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
2. floppy disk.
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disk also disc   (dĭsk)   
n.  
  1. A thin, flat, circular object or plate.
  2. Something resembling such an object: The moon's disk was reflected in the pond.
    1. The disk used in a disc brake.
    2. A disk used on a disk harrow.
    3. A magnetic disk, such as a floppy disk or hard disk.
    4. The data stored on such a disk: read the disk that came with the manual.
  4. A round, flattened, platelike structure in an animal, such as an intervertebral disk.
  5. Botany The enlarged area bearing numerous tiny flowers, as in the flower head of composite plants, such as the daisy. Also called discus.
  6. Computer Science
    1. A magnetic disk, such as a floppy disk or hard disk.
    2. The data stored on such a disk: read the disk that came with the manual.
  7. An optical disk, especially a compact disk. See Usage Note at compact disk.
  8. A phonograph record.
  9. A circular grid in a phototypesetting machine.
tr.v.   disked also disced, disk·ing also disc·ing, disks also discs
  1. To work (soil) with a disk harrow.
  2. To make (a recording) on a phonograph record.

[Latin discus, quoit, from Greek diskos, from dikein, to throw; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]
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Disk

Disk\, n. [L. discus, Gr. ?. See Dish.] [Written also disc.]

1. A discus; a quoit.

Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart. --Pope.

2. A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.

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

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

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.

6. (Zo["o]l.) (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.

Disk engine, a form of rotary steam engine.

Disk shell (Zo["o]l.), any species of Discina.
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Language Translation for : Disk
Spanish: mostrador,
German: der Ladentisch,
Japanese: カウンター
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disk 
Amer.Eng. preferred spelling, 1664, from L. discus "quoit, discus, disk," from Gk. diskos, from dikein "throw." Sense of phonograph disk is 1888; disk jockey first recorded 1941; dee-jay is from 1955; DJ is 1961; video version veejay is 1982. Computing sense is from 1947; diskette "floppy disk" is 1973, with dim. suffix; disk-drive is 1952.
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Main Entry: disk
Variant: or disc /'disk/
Function: noun
: any of various rounded or flattened anatomical structures: as a : a mammalian blood cell b : BLIND SPOT c : INTERVERTEBRAL DISK —see SLIPPED DISK
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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disk or disc (dĭsk)
n.

  1. A thin, flat, circular object or plate.
  2. See lamella.

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disk or disc   (dĭsk)  Pronunciation Key 
    1. See magnetic disk.
    2. See optical disk.
  2. See intervertebral disk.
  3. The round, flat center, consisting of many disk flowers, found in the inflorescences of many composite plants such as the daisy.

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disk storage
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.
(1995-07-30)

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