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Disk : (noun)
1: something with a round shape like a flat circular plate
[syn: disc, saucer]
2: a flat circular plate [syn: disc]
3: sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous
grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating
while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves [syn: phonograph
record, phonograph recording, record, disc, platter]
4: (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk
covered with a magnetic coating on which information is
stored [syn: magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disc]
(verb)
1: draw a harrow over (land) [syn: harrow]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Disk :
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)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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