DISC

disk, disc

(noun) a flat circular plate

disk, disc, saucer

(noun) something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate; “the moon’s disk hung in a cloudless sky”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

disc (plural discs)

A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

(anatomy) An intervertebral disc.

Something resembling a disc.

A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.

(botany) The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.

(disc golf, ultimate frisbee) A Frisbee.

Usage notes

See usage notes at the disk entry.

Verb

disc (third-person singular simple present discs, present participle discing, simple past and past participle disced)

(agriculture) To harrow with a disc harrow.

Anagrams

• CDIs, CIDs, DCIS, DCIs, SCID

Source: Wiktionary


Disc, n. Etym: [See Disk, Dish.]

Definition: A flat round plate; (Biol.)

Definition: a circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc. Same as Disk.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

29 April 2024

SUBDUCTION

(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate


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