Pronunciations (2)
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/dɪsk/
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dɪsk
Noun
A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
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A coin is a disc of metal.
; the top one is acted on by the spindle and disc d, moved by the lever e;
An intervertebral disc.
Something resembling a disc.
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Venus's disc cut off light from the Sun.
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[A] peculiar luminous and sinuous marking appeared on the unillumined half of the inner planet, and almost simultaneously a faint dark mark of a similar sinuous character was detected upon a photograph of the Martian disc.
A vinyl phonograph or gramophone record.
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Turn the disc over, after it has finished.
The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.
Verb
To harrow with a disc harrow.
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It is held that discing is as much value to lucerne as cultivation is to corn.
To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airflow and maximizing the drag generated by the propeller.
Usage- of a propeller
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In the air, the asymmetric drag generated by a discing propeller can result in loss of control of the airplane.
Noun
sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
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something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
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the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
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a flat circular plate
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