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disk also disc  (dsk)

n.

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

2. Something resembling such an object: The moon's disk was reflected in the pond.

3.

a. The disk used in a disc brake.

b. A disk used on a disk harrow.

4. A round, flattened, platelike structure in an animal, such as an intervertebral disk.

5. Botany The enlarged area bearing numerous tiny flowers, as in the flower head of composite plants, such as the daisy. Also called discus.

6. Computer Science

a. A magnetic disk, such as a floppy disk or hard disk.

b. The data stored on such a disk: read the disk that came with the manual.

7. An optical disk, especially a compact disk. See Usage Note at compact disk.

8. A phonograph record.

9. A circular grid in a phototypesetting machine.

tr.v. disked also disced, disk·ing also disc·ing, disks also discs

1. To work (soil) with a disk harrow.

2. To make (a recording) on a phonograph record.

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[Latin discus, quoit, from Greek diskos, from dikein, to throw; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]

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disk

Noun

1. Chiefly US & Canad same as disc

2. Computers a storage device, consisting of a stack of plates coated with a magnetic layer, which rotates rapidly as a single unit [see disc]

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disk or disc  (dsk)

1.

a. See magnetic disk.

b. 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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	disk - something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate; "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky" saucer, disc intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk - a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two) round shape - a shape that is curved and without sharp angles dot, point - a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots"
	2.	disk - a flat circular plate disc acetate disk, phonograph recording disk - a disk coated with cellulose acetate brake disk - a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel; pressure is applied to it by the brake pads circle, round - any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles" deadeye - (nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud diaphragm - electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves discus, saucer - a disk used in throwing competitions Frisbee - a light, plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter; propelled with a flip of the wrist for recreation or competition coin blank, planchet - a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin plate - a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic hockey puck, puck - a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey token - a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines
	3.	disk - sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove disc, phonograph record, phonograph recording, platter, record acetate disk, phonograph recording disk - a disk coated with cellulose acetate L-P, LP - a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm 78, seventy-eight - a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute audio recording, sound recording, audio - a recording of acoustic signals
	4.	disk - (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored magnetic disc, magnetic disk, disc diskette, floppy, floppy disk - a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer; "floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price" fixed disk, hard disc, hard disk - a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit memory device, storage device - a device that preserves information for retrieval computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
Verb	1.	disk - draw a harrow over (land) harrow farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock plow, plough, turn - to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"

Translations

disk [dɪsk] n (COMPUT) → disco, disquete m;

single-/double-sided disk → disco de una cara/dos caras

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disk [dɪsk] n (Comput) → disquette f;

single-/double-sided disk → disquette une face/double face

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disk [dɪsk] n → Diskette f;

single-/double-sided disk → einseitige/zweiseitige Diskette

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disk [dɪsk] n (COMPUT) → disco;

single-/double-sided disk → disco m monofaccia inv /a doppia faccia