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Noun (4 meanings)
Example:
- “the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky”
disk is a type of:
- round shape (noun) - a shape that is curved and without sharp angles
types of disk:
- intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk (noun) - a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two)
- point, dot (noun) - a very small circular shape
disk 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 disk:
- 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
3. 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
disk is a type of:
- sound recording, audio recording, audio (noun) - a recording of acoustic signals
types of disk:
- 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
parts of disk:
- acetate disk, phonograph recording disk (noun) - a disk coated with cellulose acetate
disk is derivationally related to:
4. (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored.
disk is a type of:
- memory device, storage device (noun) - a device that preserves information for retrieval
types of disk:
- diskette, floppy, floppy disk (noun) - a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit
- hard disc, hard disk, fixed disk (noun) - a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit
disk is derivationally related to:
- diskette, floppy, floppy disk (noun) - a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
- computer science, computing (noun) - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
Verb (1 meaning)
to disk is a way to:
to disk is derivationally related to:
- harrow (noun) - a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
- farming, agriculture, husbandry (noun) - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock