disk
IPA: dˈɪsk
noun
- A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
- (figuratively) Something resembling a disk.
- (anatomy) An intervertebral disc
- (dated) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.
- (computer hardware, nonstandard) A disc - either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD or similar removable storage medium.
- (agriculture) A type of harrow.
- (botany) A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.
- (computer hardware) Ellipsis of floppy disk - removable magnetic medium or a hard disk - fixed, persistent digital storage. [(computer hardware) A removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB.]
verb
- (agriculture) To harrow.
- (aviation, of an aircraft's propeller) To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airstream and maximizing the drag generated by the propeller.
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Examples of "disk" in Sentences
- Fully oblate object is a disk.
- A nectary disk is often present.
- The disk is edible and palatable.
- The nectary disk is intrastaminal.
- The cruvature of the disk depends on the speed.
- But the tablet was in the south east of the disk.
- The star component of the galactic disk is called the stellar disk.
- The clutch disk and the brake disk are provided with frictional linings.
- The gas and dust component of the galactic disk is called the gaseous disk.
- The brake disk is couplable with a frictional surface of a brake armature disk.
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