disc
IPA: dˈɪsk
noun
- A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
- (anatomy) An intervertebral disc.
- Something resembling a disc.
- A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.
- (botany) The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.
- (disc sports) Ellipsis of flying disc.; Synonym of frisbee; generic name for the trademark Frisbee; [(countable) Synonym of frisbee (“the object”)]
verb
- (agriculture) To harrow with a disc harrow.
- (aviation, of a propeller) To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airflow and maximising the drag generated by the propeller.
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Examples of "disc" in Sentences
- The disc drive on the laptop is broken.
- The wafer is the round disc in the middle.
- The nucleus of the egg is in the germinal disc.
- The disc and the player are selectively rotatable.
- The first disc is mixed and the second disc is unmixed.
- A number of assorted discs used in the sport of disc golf.
- The resilient disc and the closing disc surround the common shaft.
- The first is a predisposition in the form of a type of optic disc shape.
- The disc was issued on the Daybreak records label and marketed by Polydor.
- The stylus is upwardly directed to confront the lower face of the record disc.
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