disk
disk
also disc (dĭsk) noun
1.
A thin, flat, circular object or plate.
2.
Something resembling such an object: The moon's disk was reflected in the pond.
3.
a. The disk used in a disc brake. b. A disk used on a disk harrow.
4. A round, flattened, platelike structure in an animal, such as an intervertebral disk.
5. Botany. The enlarged area bearing numerous tiny flowers, as in the flower head of composite plants, such as the daisy. Also called discus.
6. a. A phonograph record. b. An optical disk, especially a compact disk. c. Computer Science. A magnetic disk.
7. A circular grid in a phototypesetting machine.
verb
, transitive
disked also disced, disking discing, disks discs
1.
To work (soil) with a disk harrow.
2.
To make (a recording) on a phonograph record.
[Latin discus, quoit, from Greek diskos, from dikein, to throw.]