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Words people most associate with “disc”:

  1. compact,
  2. cd,
  3. jockey,
  4. digital,
  5. dvd

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Noun (4 meanings)

1. 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, disc, platter

disc is a type of:
types of disc:
  • LP, L-P (noun) - a long-playing phonograph record
  • seventy-eight, 78 (noun) - a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute
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2. something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate.

disk, disc, saucer

Example:
  • “the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky”
disc is a type of:
  • round shape (noun) - a shape that is curved and without sharp angles
types of disc:

3. (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, disc

disc is a type of:
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Domain of synset - TOPIC:
  • computer science, computing (noun) - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

4. a flat circular plate.

disk, disc

disc is a type of:
  • circle, round (noun) - any circular or rotating mechanism
  • plate (noun) - a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
types of disc:
  • Frisbee (noun) - a light, plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter
  • acetate disk, phonograph recording disk (noun) - a disk coated with cellulose acetate
  • brake disk (noun) - a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel
  • deadeye (noun) - (nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud
  • diaphragm (noun) - electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves
  • discus, saucer (noun) - a disk used in throwing competitions
  • planchet, coin blank (noun) - a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin
  • puck, hockey puck (noun) - a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey
  • token (noun) - a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines