Definition of Disk

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flat circular object; circular object of covered in magnetic material and used for storing computer data (Computers); central part of a flower head; (Anatomy) flat round cartilage structure in the skeleton of a person or animal separating vertebraes in the spine; (Biology) circular structure in plants or animals (as blood disk); discus, round metal disc which is thrown in athletic competitions; (Agriculture) circular steel blade having a sharp edge used on a plow or disk harrow
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Disk Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(n.)
The whole surface of a leaf.
  
(n.)
The lower side of the body of some invertebrates, especially when used for locomotion, when it is often called a creeping disk.
  
(n.)
The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens.
  
(n.)
The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in sunflower.
  
(n.)
The anterior surface or oral area of coelenterate animals, as of sea anemones.
  
(n.)
In owls, the space around the eyes.
  
(n.)
A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil.
  
(n.)
A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.
  
(n.)
A discus; a quoit.
  
(n.)
A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.
  
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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disk
\disk\ (d&ibreve;sk), n. [l. discus, gr. di`skos. see dish.] [written also disc.]
1. a discus; a quoit. some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart.
2. a flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.
3. (astron.) the circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens.
4. (biol.) a circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.
5. (bot.) (a) the whole surface of a leaf. (b) the central part of a radiate compound flower, as in sunflower. (c) a part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil.
6. (zo?l.) (a) the anterior surface or oral area of cœlenterate animals, as of sea anemones. (b) the lower side of the body of some invertebrates, especially when used for locomotion, when it is often called a creeping disk. (c) in owls, the space around the eyes.
disk
engine, a form of rotary steam engine.
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shell (zo?l.), any species of discina.
disk
n
1. something with a round shape like a flat circular plate [syn: disc, saucer]


2. a thin flat circular plate [syn: disc]


3. sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves [syn: phonograph record , phonograph recording, record, disc, platter]


4. (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored [syn: magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disc]
v : draw a harrow over (land) [syn: harrow]





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 disk engine 
 magnetic disk 
 compact disk 
 disk farm 
 disk operating system 
 removable disk 
 disk shell 
 disk clutch 
 disk controller 
 universal disk format 
 disk drive 
 fixed disk 
 rayleigh disk 
 virtual disk 
 hard disk 
 floppy disk 
 trochal disk 
 ram disk 
 magneto-optical disk 
 intervertebral disk 
 realtime disk operating system 
Anagram
  skid  kids
Australian Slang
smb. has terrible headache
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. something with a round shape like a flat circular plate
(synonym) disc, saucer
(hypernym) round shape
(hyponym) intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk
2. a flat circular plate
(synonym) disc
(hypernym) plate
(hyponym) acetate disk, phonograph recording disk
3. sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves
(synonym) phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disc, platter
(hypernym) sound recording, audio recording
(hyponym) LP, L-P
(part-meronym) acetate disk, phonograph recording disk
4. (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
(synonym) magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disc
(hypernym) memory device, storage device
(hyponym) diskette, floppy, floppy disk
(classification) computer science, computing

Verb
1. draw a harrow over (land)
(synonym) harrow
(hypernym) plow, plough, turn
(classification) farming, agriculture, husbandry
Disk Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
Company Info: Ticker, Name, Description
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Distributes video programming on laserdisc, such as feature films and music videos to family, documentary and special interest programming; And distributes video programming on digital video disc.
Disk Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Solar Energy
The visible surface of the Sun (or any heavenly body) projected against the sky.
Dictionary of Automotive Terms
May be spelled disc.
Astronomy and Physics Terms by ExploreSpace.com
The visible surface of the Sun (or any heavenly body) projected against the sky.
Disk Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
GemStone III Glossary
n. A spell on the Major Elemental spell circle. Details are as follows.
Spell #: 511
Spell code: floatdisk
Effect: Creates a floating disk which follows the target around. It is a temporary container that can be used to store items. It can be opened and closed. It's capacity is fixed at nine items (including the items that are inside other containers... usually disks will only hold two boxes found off creatures) and its capacity is not based on actual weight or size.
Duration: Until you die, or log off, or DISMISS the disk
Cumulative Duration? N/A
Self-Cast Only? No.
Disk Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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The Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Devrimci Isçi Sendikalari Konfederasyonu, DISK) is one of the four major national trade union centres in Turkey. It was founded in 1967 as a breakaway union from the Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions, and has a membership of 327,000.

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DISC is a group of psychological inventories developed by John Geier, and others, and based on the 1928 work of psychologist William Moulton Marston and the original behavioralist Walter V. Clarke and others.

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A disc (International English) or disk (American English), from Latin discus, is a flat circular object. It may also refer to:

Data storage
  • Disk storage, a general category of data storage mechanisms
    • Magnetic disk
      • Floppy disk, a magnetic data storage device using a flexible disc
      • Hard disk drive, a non-volatile magnetic data storage device
    • Optical disc, commonly a polycarbonate disc
      • Blu-ray Disc (BD), a high-density optical disc intended mainly for video storage
      • Compact Disc (CD), a form of optical disc used mainly for audio data
      • Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), a form of optical disc used mainly for video and other data
      • Enhanced Versatile Disc (EVD), an optical medium-based digital audio/video format under development
      • High-Definition Digital Versatile Disc (HD DVD), a high-density optical disc intended mainly for video storage
      • Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD), a next generation ultra-high-density optical disc format replacement for Blu-ray
      • Laserdisc (LD), the first commercial optical disc storage medium
      • MiniDisc (MD), a magneto-optical disc-based data storage device
    • Disc film, a still-photography film format
    • RAM disk, a volatile solid state drive
  • Analog discs typically relying on a modulated groove to record signals
    • Gramophone record, an analog recording medium
    • LP record a specific type of gramophone record
    • Aluminum disc an analog recording disc used mainly for early radio recordings
    • Acetate disc an aluminium disc coated with nitrocellulose lacquer

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Disk Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
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