- disk
- a phonograph record
- optical disc
- Biol. any disk-shaped part or structure
A pile of discs.
The definition of a disc, sometimes spelled disk, is a record played in a phonograph or a device that contains music or other files.
An example of a disc is a CD.
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disc
- discount
- discovered
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disc
disc.
abbreviation
discount
disc-
prefix
Variant of disco-
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Noun
- (law) Abbreviation of discount.
Usage notes
See also: discThis is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in case citations. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations", Table T6, p. 430-431.
Noun
(plural discs)
- A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
- A coin is a disc of metal.
- (anatomy) An intervertebral disc.
- Something resembling a disc.
- Venus's disc cut off light from the Sun.
- A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.
- Turn the disc over, after it has finished.
Usage notes
See usage notes at the disk entry.
Origin
Latin discus through French disque
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disc - Computer Definition
An alternate spelling for disk with a "k." Some computer manufacturers use this spelling for magnetic disks, but "disc" usually refers to optical media, such as CDs and DVDs. In this Encyclopedia... Disc ("c") refers to pure optical media, and disk ("k") refers to magnetic hard disks and floppy disks as well as to disks that use a combination of magnetic and optical technologies (see magneto-optic disk).
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disc - Medical Definition
n., v.
Variant of disk
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Sentence Examples
- The prisoner stepped into it, the disc soaring away once more.
- She was about to object when the disc beneath his feet levitated and launched them into the air.
- When Snow stepped in on disc number three, he knew that too— the date of the jam, who was on vibes, snares and keyboard.
- A waist-high bathtub and a round disc serving as an alien toilet, also waist-high, were on one wall.
- He and Fred did not enjoy the same music so when both were home the five-disc machine usually contained two jazz selections for Dean, two country and western for Fred, and a pop group neither liked but both could tolerate.
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