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disk

UK/dɪsk/ US/ˈdɪsk/ fairly common
noun (4) verb (1)

noun

1.
2.

a flat circular plate

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3.

sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves

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verb

1.

draw a harrow over (land)

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Origin

From Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), from δικέω (dikéō, “to hurl, to launch”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, dish, and diskos.

Phrases

  • accretion disk
  • Airy disk
  • Alderson disk
  • Benham's disk
  • circumplanetary disk
  • disk access time
  • disk buffer
  • disk drive

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