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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flat circular plate
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("disc" is a kind of...):
circle; round (any circular or rotating mechanism)
plate (a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "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)
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)
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
Synonyms:
disc; disk; magnetic disc; magnetic disk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("disc" is a kind of...):
memory device; storage device (a device that preserves information for retrieval)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "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)
fixed disk; hard disc; hard disk (a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
Synonyms:
disc; disk; phonograph record; phonograph recording; platter; record
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("disc" is a kind of...):
audio; audio recording; sound recording (a recording of acoustic signals)
Meronyms (parts of "disc"):
acetate disk; phonograph recording disk (a disk coated with cellulose acetate)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disc"):
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)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
Example:
the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky
Synonyms:
disc; disk; saucer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("disc" is a kind of...):
round shape (a shape that is curved and without sharp angles)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "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))
dot; point (a very small circular shape)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb disc
Context examples:
Surgical excision of an intervertebral disc.
(Discectomy, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes discs large homolog 4 protein, plays a role in NMDA receptor signaling.
(DLG4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
“Here is the foresight,” said he putting his finger upon the little disc and loop of the hat-securer.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Administration of a drug within a fibrocartilaginous intervertebral disc.
(Intradiscal Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)
He rose and showed a double-radiating disc round the keyhole.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I reached him just as the sun was going down, and from his window saw the red disc sink.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Now, as I looked up at the same cliffs, I saw discs of light in every direction, ruddy, clearly-defined patches, like the port-holes of a liner in the darkness.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The colored disc of the eye composed of connective tissue, epithelium, and endothelium.
(Iris, NCI Thesaurus)
Those discs can be incredibly vast, and so could the planetary system that grows out of them.
(Thousands of Planets Could Be Orbiting around Black Holes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A rare neurologic disorder caused by impingement of the nerve roots of the cauda equina secondary to disc herniation, spinal stenosis, vertebral fracture, neoplasm or infection.
(Cauda Equina Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
