Found 3 items, similar to disc.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: disc
cakram, piringan hitam
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: disc
disc
n 1: 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,
disk,
platter]
2: something with a round shape like a flat circular plate
[syn:
disk,
saucer]
3: (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,
disk]
4: a flat circular plate [syn:
disk]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: disc
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. (Zo["o]l.)
(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 (Zo["o]l.), any species of Discina.
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