disk
noun
any thin, flat, circular plate or object.
disklike
-
a word derived from
disk.
Example Sentences
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Some placentas have evolved to be disklike, some are leaf-shaped, some ring-shaped, heart-shaped; some are ridged, branched, labyrinthine, or weblike.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2024
“We are saying that the material is most likely in a disklike structure,” says Sergiy Vasylyev, also at U.C.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 21, 2023
What has surprised astronomer Dan Coe of the Space Telescope Science Institute are the number of nicely shaped, disklike galaxies.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2022
Galaxy surveys will help astronomers understand the early history of these agglomerations: When they started to form stars and how quickly they organized into the disklike spirals such as the Milky Way.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 11, 2022
Eventually, when the region got small enough, it would be spinning fast enough to balance the attraction of gravity, and in this way disklike rotating galaxies were born.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
