disk
Etymology
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek δίσκος, from δικέω ("to hurl, to launch").
Pronunciation Noundisk (plural disks)
- A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
- A coin is a disk of metal.
- (figuratively) Something resembling a disk.
- Venus' disk cut off light from the Sun.
- (anatomy) An intervertebral disc
- (dated) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.
- Turn the disk over, after it has finished.
- (computer hardware) Ellipsis of floppy disk.
- He still uses disks from 1979.
- (computer hardware) Ellipsis of hard disk.
- (computer hardware, nonstandard) An optical disc, such as a LaserDisc, CD, DVD, Blu-ray, or similar removable optical storage medium.
- She burned some disks yesterday to back up her computer.
- (agriculture) A type of harrow.
- (botany) A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.
- French: disque
- German: Scheibe, Kreisscheibe, Kreisfläche
- Italian: disco
- Portuguese: disco
- Russian: диск
- Spanish: disco
- French: disque
- German: Bandscheibe
- Russian: диск
- Spanish: disco intervertebral
- French: disque
- German: Schallplatte, Platte, Scheibe
- Portuguese: vinil
- Russian: пласти́нка
- Spanish: disco
- French: disque
- German: Festplatte
- Portuguese: disco
- Russian: диск
- Spanish: disco duro
disk (disks, present participle disking; simple past and past participle disked)
- (agriculture) To harrow.
- (aviation, of an aircraft's propeller) To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airstream and maximizing the drag generated by the propeller.
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