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disk

[ disk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

any thin, flat, circular plate or object.
any surface that is flat and round, or seemingly so:
the disk of the sun.
disc ( def 1 ).
Computers. any of several types of media consisting of thin, round plates of plastic or metal, used for external storage:
magnetic disk;
hard disk;
optical disk.
Botany, Zoology. any of various roundish, flat structures or parts.
intervertebral disk.
Botany. (in the daisy and other composite plants) the central portion of the flower head, composed of tubular florets.
any of the circular steel blades that form the working part of a disk harrow.
Mathematics. the domain bounded by a circle.
Archaic. discus.

disk

/ dɪsk /

a variant spelling (esp US and Canadian) of disc
Also calledmagnetic diskhard disk computing 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 Compare drum 1 See also floppy disk

disk

/ dĭsk /

1. See magnetic disk
2. See optical disk
See intervertebral disk
The round, flat center, consisting of many disk flowers, found in the inflorescences of many composite plants such as the daisy.

Origin of disk¹

First recorded in 1655–65; from Latin discus discus; dish

Divide the dough in half and very gently pat each half into a round 1-inch-thick disk.

If your ears are tired of slick auto-tuned vocals, pick up this disk for an aural detox.

The direction of polarization for a quasar is determined by the accretion disk surrounding it.

We see the protoplanetary disk around it at an angle, but nearly “face-on.”

Which is lucky: we can see the gaps in the disk more clearly than if the disk were at a steeper angle.

The disk of light disappeared, and the alert constable could be heard moving along the corridor to inspect the other offices.

Now and then Venus may be observed as a black spot crossing the disk of the sun.

The disk of the upper wings is rather blacker than the rest.

For a few moments - 167 -the sun bathes the great garden in a pinkish glow, then drops slowly, a blood-red disk, behind the trees.

I carry the pile to the table provided with an iron post, about eighteen inches high, topped with a small inverted disk.

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