Dictionary

disc en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɪsk/
• (US) audio
• dĭsk

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos)der. Latin discusbor. French disquebor. English disc From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, disk, and diskos.

Meanings

1. A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
   • ; the top one is acted on by the spindle and disc d, moved by the lever e; 1847, editorial staff, “Improvement in Water Taps, Cister Valves, &c. ”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 68:
   • A coin is a disc of metal.
2. An intervertebral disc.
3. Something resembling a disc.
   • [A] peculiar luminous and sinuous marking appeared on the unillumined half of the inner planet, and almost simultaneously a faint dark mark of a similar sinuous character was detected upon a photograph of the Martian disc. 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 300:
   • Venus's disc cut off light from the Sun.
4. A vinyl phonograph or gramophone record.
   • Turn the disc over, after it has finished.
5. The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, qualifier:disc sports) Ellipsis of flying disc; synonym of frisbee; generic name for the trademark Frisbee.
   alt of flying disc
7. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of disk
   alt of disk

Forms

Deriveds

hard disc drive (other terms) · Nipkow disc (other terms) · slipped disc (other terms) · Benham's disc (other terms) · Laserdisc (other terms) · microdisc (other terms) · slot-loading disc drive (other terms) · Nipkov disc (other terms) · holodisc (other terms) · digital video disc (other terms) · trichodiscoma (other terms) · death disc (other terms) · disc-tongued frog (other terms) · amphidisc (other terms) · discoid (other terms) · intervertebral disc (other terms) · discogenic (other terms) · brake disc (other terms) · discmag (other terms) · ultimate disc (frisbee) · Alderson disc (other terms) · scattered disc object (other terms) · discophilia (other terms) · bidisc (other terms) · disc number (other terms) · disciferous (other terms) · tree disc (other terms) · Discman (other terms) · Secchi disc (other terms) · germinal disc (other terms) · discocone (other terms) · discoconic (other terms) · separating disc (other terms) · minidisc (other terms) · multidisc (other terms) · compact disc (other terms) · discette (other terms) · phonodisc (other terms) · magnetodisc (other terms) · Nebra sky disc (other terms) · abrasive disc (other terms) · coverdisc (other terms) · discless (other terms) · nanodisc (other terms) · floppy disc (other terms) · optical disc drive (other terms) · polydisc (other terms) · degenerative disc disease (other terms) · optical disc (other terms) · disc of confusion (other terms) · lip disc (other terms) · disc pack (other terms) · photodisc (other terms) · facial disc (other terms) · parking disc (other terms) · picture disc (other terms) · fixed disc drive (other terms) · digital versatile disc (other terms) · Airy disc (other terms) · disc brake (other terms) · compact disc drive (other terms) · discer (other terms) · ice disc (other terms) · hard disc (other terms) · clutch disc (other terms) · flying disc golf (other terms) · flexi disc (other terms) · discogram (other terms) · fixed disc (other terms) · pelvic disc (other terms) · Flexi disc (other terms) · discophile (other terms) · imaginal disc (other terms) · disc owl (other terms) · disc jockey (other terms) · disc horse (other terms) · recovery disc (frisbee) · disc golf (frisbee) · discotomy (other terms) · discal (other terms) · spinal disc herniation (other terms) · circumstellar disc (other terms) · floppy disc drive (other terms) · megalodisc (other terms) · Poincaré disc (other terms) · accretion disc (other terms) · discful (other terms) · MiniDisc (other terms) · disc drive (other terms) · disc image (other terms) · gold disc (other terms) · discectomy (other terms) · discitis (other terms) · disclike (other terms) · flippy disc (other terms) · laser disc (other terms) · Siegel disc (other terms) · tax disc (other terms) · scattered disc (other terms) · squamodisc (other terms) · videodisc (other terms) · flip-disc display (other terms) · discstone (other terms) · protoplanetary disc (other terms) · disc rot (other terms) · galactic disc (other terms) · time disc (frisbee) · optic disc (other terms) · sun disc (other terms)

disc en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /dɪsk/
• (US) audio
• dĭsk

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos)der. Latin discusbor. French disquebor. English disc From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, disk, and diskos.

Meanings

1. To harrow with a disc harrow.
   • It is held that discing is as much value to lucerne as cultivation is to corn. 1901 October 11, “Discing Lucerne”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 16, page 488:
2. (of a propeller) To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airflow and maximizing the drag generated by the propeller.
   • In the air, the asymmetric drag generated by a discing propeller can result in loss of control of the airplane.

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