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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
disc
    n 1: sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous
         groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a
         phonograph needle tracks in the groove [syn: phonograph
         record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc,
         platter]
    2: something with a round shape resembling a flat circular
       plate; "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky" [syn:
       disk, disc, saucer]
    3: (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, disk,
       disc]
    4: a flat circular plate [syn: disk, disc]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Disc \Disc\ (d[i^]sk), n. [See Disk, Dish.]
   A flat round plate; (Biol.) A circular structure either in
   plants or animals; as, a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc.
   Same as Disk.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Disk \Disk\ (d[i^]sk), n. [L. discus, Gr. di`skos. See Dish.]
   [Written also disc.]
   1. A discus; a quoit.
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            Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart.
                                                  --Pope.
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   2. A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.
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   3. (Astron.) The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen
      projected of the heavens.
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   4. (Biol.) A circular structure either in plants or animals;
      as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.
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   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.
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   6. (Zool.)
      (a) The anterior surface or oral area of c[oe]lenterate
          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.
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   Disk engine, a form of rotary steam engine.

   Disk shell (Zool.), any species of Discina.
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4. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)
DISC
       Defense Information System Council (mil., USA)
       

5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
disc
disc drive

    British spelling of "disk", normally
   only used for "compact disc".

   (1995-07-30)


Thesaurus Results for disc:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bulletin board, card, cartridge, cassette, catalog card, electrical transcription, file, filing card, film, index card, library catalog, magnetic tape, microcard, microdot, microfiche, microfilm, motion-picture film, phonograph record, platter, record, recording, scoreboard, scorecard, scoresheet, slip, tape, tape cartridge, tape cassette, tape recording, ticker tape, transcription, videotape, wax, wire recording
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