DISKS Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

disks

noun

variants or discs

plural of disk

as in fragments

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Recent Examples of disks Braking comes courtesy of dual 310-mm floating front discs paired with radial ByBre calipers, along with a 270-mm rear disc and single-piston hydraulic caliper. — Utkarsh Sood june 16, New Atlas, 16 June 2026 Researchers placed the masses on flat platelike objects called torsion disks, with the lighter masses on the inside suspended by a thin copper beryllium strip and the heavier masses located on a separate disk on the outside. — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026

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Noun

People who have lived even fragments of freedom together are harder to persuade that domination is eternal.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Sarah then puts her life as an activist and artist in 1990s San Francisco on hold to return to her small hometown to spend time with mother as her mind fragments.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of fragments

Noun

While cost is an important factor, service reliability and the availability of spare parts are also important considerations for truck carriers, and overhauling an entire fleet is a major investment.

— Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026
That could make fleets of relatively inexpensive autonomous vessels useful for building persistent datasets across parts of the ocean that are poorly monitored today.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of parts

Noun

Instead, they were restricted to either the north or south sections, which are divided by the highway running over the track.

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
This work later proved that prime numbers, while randomly scattered in small sections of the number line, appear to be regularly arranged over sufficiently large intervals.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of sections

Noun

Among them were substantial portions of The Art of War, as well as a separate military treatise attributed to Sun Bin, a strategist traditionally placed in the Warring States period.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
Weeks later, the state of New Mexico filed a motion to strike portions of that brief.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of portions

Noun

In Lower Manhattan, the collapse of the Twin Towers led to a massive dust cloud that filled the air and blanketed city blocks with ash, debris, metal, glass, asbestos, benzene and other harmful particles, according to the WTC Health program.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026
The main filter comes with a fine-mesh inner basket for capturing particles such as sand, pollen, and other grit.

— John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of particles

Noun

Every piece — the pleated wrap top, the shorts adorned with trailing shards of silk chiffon — was hand-dyed or painted and then covered in Swarovski crystals.

— Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Space-grade electronics will cost more, and the ball’s shell—made from a material tough enough to roll over steel shards and withstand minus 184 °C temperatures—has never been evaluated in lunar extremes.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of shards

Noun

The collaboration with Qualcomm adds another layer of semiconductor expertise, potentially allowing the companies to develop chips specifically tailored to the requirements of AI inference.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026
Onsemi makes power chips, which convert energy surging through data centers, cars, and factories.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026

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