disc meaning
[ disk ] Pronunciation: "disc" in a sentence
- Noun: disc disk
- Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
- phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk [N. Amer], platter - Something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
- disk [N. Amer], saucer - (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
- magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disk - A flat circular plate
- disk [N. Amer]
Derived forms: discing, disced, discs
Type of: audio, audio recording, circle, memory device, plate, plough [Brit, Cdn], plow [N. Amer], round, round shape, sound recording, storage device, turn
Encyclopedia: Disc
- Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
[Business]
especially in AmE) // noun [C]1
a thin flat circular device that is used for storing information:
a blank disc
2 (BrE)
a disk for a computer:
The computer comes with a built-in disc drive.
CD, DVD
[Electronics]
See DISK.
[Finance]
See: Domestic International Sales Corporation
[Computer]
<storage, spelling> British spelling of "disk", normally only used for "compact disc".
- disc.: abbrev1. Discount2 ...
- accretion disc: noun (astronomy)& ...
- audio disc: or audio disk nou ...
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- we observe three sunspot groups on the disc.
- a performance now transcribed onto compact disc.
- the compact disc is a miracle of modern technology.
- the beatles cut their first disc in 1962.
- the disc has a heavy surface and the tone is faithless.