Disc

/dɪsk/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
2. (anatomy) An intervertebral disc.
3. Something resembling a disc.
4. A vinyl phonograph or gramophone record.
5. (botany) The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.
6. (disc sports) Ellipsis of flying disc; synonym of frisbee; generic name for the trademark Frisbee.
7. Alternative form of disk
8. (agriculture) To harrow with a disc harrow.

Example Sentences

A coin is a disc of metal.

Venus's disc cut off light from the Sun.

[A] peculiar luminous and sinuous marking appeared on the unillumined half of the inner planet, and almost simultaneously a faint dark mark of a similar sinuous character was detected upon a photograph of the Martian disc.

Turn the disc over, after it has finished.

It is held that discing is as much value to lucerne as cultivation is to corn.

In the air, the asymmetric drag generated by a discing propeller can result in loss of control of the airplane.

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Word Forms

• discs
• disk
• discing
• disced

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