disc

noun

variant spelling of disk

1a : the seemingly flat figure of a celestial body the solar disk

b 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 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

c 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

disc

abbreviation

Definition of disc (Entry 2 of 3)

discount

disc-

combining form

variants: 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 21 Apr. 2021.

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variant of disk

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variant of disk , diskectomy

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