disc.

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. discount.

2. discovered.

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disc- ² American  

1. variant of disco- before a vowel.

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disc ³ American  

[disk] / dɪsk /

Also disk

noun

1. a phonograph record.

2. disk.

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verb (used with object)

1. Informal. to make (a recording) on a phonograph disc.

2. disk.

disc British  

/ dɪsk /

noun

1. a flat circular plate

2. something resembling or appearing to resemble this

   the sun's disc

3. another word for (gramophone) record

4. anatomy any approximately circular flat structure in the body, esp an intervertebral disc

5. 1. the flat receptacle of composite flowers, such as the daisy

   2. ( as modifier )

      a disc floret

6. the middle part of the lip of an orchid

7. 1. Also called: parking disc.  a marker or device for display in a parked vehicle showing the time of arrival or the latest permitted time of departure or both

   2. ( as modifier )

      a disc zone

      disc parking

8. computing a variant spelling of disk

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verb

1. to work (land) with a disc harrow

Etymology

Origin of disc

disk

Example Sentences

The disc reasserted that Ellington’s art could flourish in extended forms, that he should be counted among America’s enduring creative figures, and that a recording could be both timely and timeless.

From The Wall Street Journal

These patterns often appear inside a circular disc and require sophisticated mathematical tools.

From Science Daily

One year, for example, he developed a herniated disc, which caused him to miss about two months of work.

From The Wall Street Journal

A disc had slipped and was pressing on a nerve.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet here, on the Berliners’ own label, is a deluxe set of 24 discs, complete with lavish hardbound book, featuring Karajan and the orchestra in radio broadcasts from 1953 through 1969.

From The Wall Street Journal

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