disc
variant spelling of disk
1a : the seemingly flat figure of a celestial body the solar diskb archaic : discus
2 : any of various rounded and flattened animal anatomical structures; especially : intervertebral disk — compare slipped disk
3 : the central part of the flower head of a typical composite made up of closely packed tubular flowers
4 : a thin circular object: such asa usually disc : a phonograph recordb : a round flat plate coated with a magnetic substance on which data for a computer is storedc usually disc : optical disk: such as (1) : videodisc (2) : cd
5 usually 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
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Definition of disc-
1 : disk discoid
2 : phonograph record discophile
Origin and Etymology of disc-
Latin, from Greek disk-, disko-, from diskos
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