magnetic disk

noun

: disk sense 4b

Examples of magnetic disk in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At the time magnetic disk recorders could only store 30 seconds of slow-motion video, a lot less than the 143 minutes Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the surface. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026

Superconductors and magnetic disk drives Parkin holds a Humboldt professorship at Martin Luther University, also in Halle. — Julianne Pepitone, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2024

At the time of the broadcast, magnetic disk recorders capable of storing slow motion footage could only capture 30 seconds in total, for a playback of 90 seconds of slow motion video. — Howard Berry, Quartz, 18 July 2019

To do this, the good frame was recorded onto a magnetic disk then replayed five times. — Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for magnetic disk

• videodisc
• basilisk
• obelisk
• bisque
• brisk
• disc
• fisc
• fisk
• frisk
• risk
• whisk

Kids Definition

magnetic disk

noun

: disk entry 1 sense 2c