disc

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noun

variant spelling of disk

1

a

: the seemingly flat figure of a celestial body

the solar disk

b

archaic : discus

2

usually disc : any of various rounded and flattened animal anatomical structures

especially : intervertebral disc see also slipped disc

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

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abbreviation

discount

disc-

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combining form

variants or disci- or disco-

1

: disk

discoid

2

: phonograph record

discophile

Examples of disc in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Sequencing went out the window; tracks at the end of a disc might rarely be heard. —Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024

Comprised of nearly twenty urethane resin pours, the 50-inch ultra-thin disc—mounted vertically atop an almost imperceptible translucent pedestal—appeared to be floating. —Tara Anne Dalbow, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2024

These cataclysms then scatter it through the cosmos, so the shiny stuff then turns up in the dusty discs from which planets form. —Michael Irving, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2024

Slice a small head of cauliflower into half-inch discs, place them on a baking sheet, and spritz each with cooking oil. —Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 2 Sep. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Combining form

Latin, from Greek disk-, disko-, from diskos

Kids Definition

disc

variant of disk

Medical Definition

disc

noun

variants or disk

ˈdisk 

: any of various rounded or flattened anatomical structures: as

a

: a mammalian blood cell

b

: blind spot

c

: intervertebral disc see also slipped disc