disk

[disk]
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.
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.
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to run away hurriedly; flee.
Also, disc (for defs 1, 2, 4–9, 12).


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

disk·like, adjective

disc, disk.
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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]

disk (dɪsk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a variant spelling (esp US and Canadian) of disc
2.  computing Compare drum See also floppy disk magnetic disk, Also called: hard disk a direct-access storage device consisting of a stack of plates coated with a magnetic layer, the whole assembly rotating rapidly as a single unit. Each surface has a read-write head that can move radially to read or write data on concentric tracks

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disk
Amer.Eng. preferred spelling, 1660s, 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; Disk-drive is from 1952.
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Medical Dictionary

disk or disc (dĭsk)
n.

  1. A thin, flat, circular object or plate.

  2. See lamella.

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Science Dictionary
disk or disc   (dĭsk)  Pronunciation Key 
    1. See magnetic disk.

    2. See optical disk.

  1. See intervertebral disk.

  2. 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

disk definition

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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Example sentences
He once had a herniated disk that kept him off the courts for six months, and
  he still gets occasional backaches.
Shred daikon and carrot in a food processor fitted with medium shredding disk.
Previous simulation attempts often produced a galaxy with an oversize bulge and
  too small a surrounding disk.
Each of its long shafts holds disks, and each disk has wheels with ten teeth
  that correspond to marks in the disks.
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