disc
Noun
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Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove;
Used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove (synset 103930191)subtypes:- l-p, lp - a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm
- 78, seventy-eight - a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute
has: acetate disk, phonograph recording disk - a disk coated with cellulose acetate -
Something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate (synset 113897824)
"the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky"is a type of: round shape - a shape that is curved and without sharp anglessubtypes:
- intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk - a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two)
- dot, point - a very small circular shape
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(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored (synset 103712192)
referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structuresis a type of: memory device, storage device - a device that preserves information for retrievalsubtypes:
- diskette, floppy, floppy disk - a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
- fixed disk, hard disc, hard disk - a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit
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A flat circular plate (synset 103213277)
is a type of:subtypes:
- acetate disk, phonograph recording disk - a disk coated with cellulose acetate
- brake disk - a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel; pressure is applied to it by the brake pads
- deadeye - (nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud
- diaphragm - electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves
- discus, saucer - a disk used in throwing competitions
- frisbee - a light, plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter; propelled with a flip of the wrist for recreation or competition
- coin blank, planchet - a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin
- hockey puck, puck - a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey
- token - a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines
same as: disk
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