disc
/dɪsk/ noun, verb
Also a form of disk
Forms discs discing disced disk
- noun A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object. “A coin is a disc of metal.”
- noun (anatomy) An intervertebral disc.
- noun Something resembling a disc. “Venus's disc cut off light from the Sun.”
- noun A vinyl phonograph or gramophone record. “Turn the disc over, after it has finished.”
- noun (botany) The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.
- verb (agriculture) To harrow with a disc harrow.
- verb (aviation, of a propeller) To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airflow and maximizing the drag generated by the propeller. “In the air, the asymmetric drag generated by a discing propeller can result in loss of control of the airplane.”
Synonyms
phonograph record phonograph recording record disk platter saucer magnetic disk magnetic disc
Etymology
From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, disk, and diskos.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A flat round plate; (Biol.)
- noun a circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc. Same as Disk.
Etymology [See Disk, Dish.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “disc”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details