Disk

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disk \Disk\ (d[i^]sk), n. [L. discus, Gr. di`skos. See {Dish}.]
     [Written also {disc}.]
     1. A discus; a quoit.
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              Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart.


                                                    --Pope.
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     2. A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.
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     3. (Astron.) The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen
        projected of the heavens.
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     4. (Biol.) A circular structure either in plants or animals;
        as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.
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     5. (Bot.)
        (a) The whole surface of a leaf.
        (b) The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in
            sunflower.
        (c) A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under,
            or around, or even on top of, the pistil.
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     6. (Zool.)
        (a) The anterior surface or oral area of c[oe]lenterate
            animals, as of sea anemones.
        (b) The lower side of the body of some invertebrates,
            especially when used for locomotion, when it is often
            called a creeping disk.
        (c) In owls, the space around the eyes.
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     {Disk engine}, a form of rotary steam engine.
  
     {Disk shell} (Zool.), any species of Discina.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disk
       n 1: something with a round shape like a flat circular plate
            [syn: {disc}, {saucer}]
       2: a flat circular plate [syn: {disc}]
       3: sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous
          grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating
          while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves [syn: {phonograph
          record}, {phonograph recording}, {record}, {disc}, {platter}]
       4: (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk
          covered with a magnetic coating on which information is
          stored [syn: {magnetic disk}, {magnetic disc}, {disc}]
       v : draw a harrow over (land) [syn: {harrow}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  92 Moby Thesaurus words for "disk":
     O, annular muscle, annulus, areola, aureole, carousel, chaplet,
     circle, circuit, circumference, circus, closed circle, coat,
     coating, collop, corona, coronet, covering, crown, cut, cycle,
     deal, diadem, discus, eternal return, fairy ring, feuille, film,
     flap, foil, fold, garland, glory, halo, lamella, lamina,
     laminated glass, laminated wood, lap, lasso, leaf, logical circle,
     loop, looplet, magic circle, membrane, merry-go-round, noose,
     orbit, pane, panel, patina, peel, pellicle, plait, plank, plate,
     plating, ply, plywood, radius, rasher, ring, roller, rolling stone,
     rondelle, rotator, rotor, round, roundabout, roundel, rundle,
     safety glass, saucer, scum, sheet, skin, slab, slat, slice,
     sphincter, table, tablet, top, veneer, vicious circle, wafer,
     wheel, whirlabout, whirler, whirligig, wreath
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  DISK
       Deutschsprachige Internationale SAS-benutzer Konferenz
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  disk
       
           1. {magnetic disk}.
       
          2. {compact disc}.
       
          3. {optical disk}.
       
          Note: the american spelling, "disk", is normal for most
          computer disks whereas "compact disc", having come to
          computers via the audio world, is correctly spelled with a
          "c", indeed, this spelling is part of the CD standard.
       
          (1995-07-30)