Main Entry:

¹disk

Variant(s):

or disc \ˈdisk\

Function:

noun

Usage:

often attributive

Etymology:

Latin discus — more at dish

Date:

1664

1 a: the seemingly flat figure of a celestial body <the solar disk> barchaic : discus2: any of various rounded and flattened animal anatomical structures ; especially : intervertebral disk — compare slipped disk3: the central part of the flower head of a typical composite made up of closely packed tubular flowers4: a thin circular object: as ausually disc : a phonograph record b: a round flat plate coated with a magnetic substance on which data for a computer is stored cusually disc : optical disk : as (1): videodisc (2): cd 5usually disc : one of the concave circular steel tools with sharpened edge making up the working part of a disc harrow or plow ; also : an implement employing such tools

— disk·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective

[disk illustration]