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Definition of 'disk'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) disk
any thin, flat, circular plate or object.

2.  disk
any surface that is flat and round, or seemingly so:
the disk of the sun.

3.  disk
any of several types of media for storing electronic data consisting of thin round plates of plastic or metal:
floppy disk; hard disk.

4.  disk
Bot., Zool. any of various roundish, flat structures or parts.

5.  disk
the central part of the flower head in composite plants, as the yellow center of the daisy.

6.  disk
any of the circular steel blades of a disk harrow.

7.  disk
Archaic.

8. (v.t.) disk
to cultivate (soil) with a disk harrow.

Etymology: (1655–65; < L discusdiscus ; cf. dish)

Definition of 'disk'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) disk, disc, saucer
something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
"the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky"

2. (noun) disk, disc
a flat circular plate

3. (noun) phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter
sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

4. (verb) magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disk, disc
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored

5. (verb) harrow, disk
draw a harrow over (land)

Definition of 'disk'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) disk
a discus; a quoit

2. (noun) disk
a flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper

3. (noun) disk
the circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens

4. (noun) disk
a circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc

5. (noun) disk
the whole surface of a leaf

6. (noun) disk
the central part of a radiate compound flower, as in sunflower

7. (noun) disk
a part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil

8. (noun) disk
the anterior surface or oral area of coelenterate animals, as of sea anemones

9. (noun) disk
the lower side of the body of some invertebrates, especially when used for locomotion, when it is often called a creeping disk

10. (noun) disk
in owls, the space around the eyes

Translation of 'disk'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a flat, thin, circular object From the earth, the full moon looks like a silver disc.
Afrikaans: skyf	Arabic: قُرْص	Bulgarian: диск
Brazilian: disco	Czech: kolo, kotouč	German: die Scheibe
Danish: skive	Greek: δίσκος	Spanish: disco
Estonian: ketas	Farsi: صفحه گرد؛ قرص	Finnish: kiekko
French: disque	Hebrew: דִיסְק	Hindi: कोई चिपटी गोल वस्तु
Croatian: okrugla pločica, disk	Hungarian: korong	Indonesian: piringan
Icelandic: skífa, kringla	Italian: disco	Japanese: 円盤
Korean: 원형	Lithuanian: diskas, skritulys	Latvian: disks
Malay: disk	Dutch: schijf	Norwegian: skive, diskos
Polish: tarcza	Persian: صفحه گرد؛ قرص	Pashto: پلنه تخته، دايره ، ټيكلى
Portuguese: disco	Romanian: disc	Russian: диск
Slovak: kotúč	Slovenian: kolut	Serbian: disk
Swedish: skiva, platta, trissa	Thai: สิ่งของที่มีลักษณะกลมแบน	Turkish: disk, yassı dairesel cisi
Taiwanese: 圓盤	Ukrainian: диск; круг	Urdu: پتلی ، چپٹی گول شے ، قرص
Vietnamese: chiếc đĩa	Chinese: 圆盘
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