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

Can be confused: disc, disk.
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disc-

variant of disco- before a vowel.

disc.

1.
discount.
2.
discovered.
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disc or esp (US) disk (dɪsk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  a flat circular plate
2.  something resembling or appearing to resemble this: the sun's disc
3.  another word for (gramophone) record
4.  anatomy any approximately circular flat structure in the body, esp an intervertebral disc
5.  a.  the flat receptacle of composite flowers, such as the daisy
 b.  (as modifier): a disc floret
6.  the middle part of the lip of an orchid
7.  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.  computing a variant spelling of disk
 
—vb
9.  to work (land) with a disc harrow
 
[C18: from Latin discus, from Greek diskos quoit]
 
disk or esp (US) disk
 
—n
 
—vb
 
[C18: from Latin discus, from Greek diskos quoit]

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Word Origin & History

disc
spelling preferred in England for most uses of disk (q.v.). Amer.Eng. tends to use it in the musical recording sense; originally of phonograph records, recently of compact discs. Hence, discophile "enthusiast for gramophone recordings" (1940).
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Medical Dictionary

disc (dĭsk)
n.

  1. Variant of disk.

  2. A discus.

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Science Dictionary
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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Computing Dictionary

disc definition

storage, spelling
British spelling of "disk", normally only used for "compact disc".
(1995-07-30)

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
disc.

  1. discount

  2. discovered

DISC
domestic international sales corporation
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Example sentences
In reality the geostationary orbital plane isn't a perfectly thin disc.
Today a memory disc drive storing that amount of information weighs a few
  pounds and can be bought for about a thousand dollars.
At some point it will look significantly smaller then the disc of the sun.
He started it by sitting out several weeks due to a bulging disc in his back.
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