variant spelling of disk
1
a
: the seemingly flat figure of a celestial body
the solar disk
b
archaic
: discus
2
usually disc
: any of various rounded and flattened animal anatomical structures
especially
: intervertebral disc see also slipped disc
3
: the central part of the flower head of a typical composite made up of closely packed tubular flowers
4
: a thin circular object: such as
a
usually disc
: a phonograph record
b
: a round flat plate coated with a magnetic substance on which data for a computer is stored
5
usually disc
: one of the concave circular steel tools with sharpened edge making up the working part of a disc harrow or plow
also
: an implement employing such tools
variants
or disci-
or disco-
1
: disk
discoid
2
: phonograph record
discophile
Examples of disc in a Sentence
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Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2024
Best Buy is planning to phase out the sales of physical discs.
—Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 12 July 2024
Other visuals include several postcards recreating art from the era, a Zoetrope cylinder, and two gorgeous picture discs with fractured art that moves like a Zoetrope when viewed through a phone camera.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024
That could start with menstrual management (many birth controls cause cessation of menstruation completely), switching to a BPA-free menstrual cup or disc, and remembering there are toxic metals in many other aspects of life.
—Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 10 July 2024
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Noun
Mohamed Said laid to rest Friday Having suffered a concussion and a bulging cervical disc in her neck from the attack, Legendre was hospitalized for two weeks and had to undergo spinal surgery to replace the disc in her spine.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2024
Best Buy is planning to phase out the sales of physical discs.
—Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 12 July 2024
Other visuals include several postcards recreating art from the era, a Zoetrope cylinder, and two gorgeous picture discs with fractured art that moves like a Zoetrope when viewed through a phone camera.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024
That could start with menstrual management (many birth controls cause cessation of menstruation completely), switching to a BPA-free menstrual cup or disc, and remembering there are toxic metals in many other aspects of life.
—Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 10 July 2024
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“Disc.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disc. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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disc
noun
variants
or disk
: any of various rounded or flattened anatomical structures: as
a
: a mammalian blood cell
b
c
: intervertebral disc see also slipped disc
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