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variant spelling of disk
1a : the seemingly flat figure of a celestial body
the solar disk
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 as
a usually disc : a phonograph record
b : a round flat plate coated with a magnetic substance on which data for a computer is stored
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
disc
abbreviationDefinition of disc (Entry 2 of 3)
disc-
combining formvariants:
or disci- or disco-
Definition of disc- (Entry 3 of 3)
1 : disk
discoid
2 : phonograph record
discophile
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“Disc.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disc. Accessed 27 Sep. 2020.
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