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disc

UK/dɪsk/ US/ˈdɪsk/ fairly common

noun

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

4.

a flat circular plate

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Origin

From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”).

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