disc
English Thesaurus
1. a flat circular plate (noun.artifact)
hypernym | : | circle, round, |
definition | : | any circular or rotating mechanism (noun.artifact) |
hypernym | : | plate, |
definition | : | a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | brake disk, |
definition | : | a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel; pressure is applied to it by the brake pads (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | deadeye, |
definition | : | (nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | diaphragm, |
definition | : | electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | discus, saucer, |
definition | : | a disk used in throwing competitions (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | frisbee, |
definition | : | a light, plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter; propelled with a flip of the wrist for recreation or competition (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | coin blank, planchet, |
definition | : | a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | hockey puck, puck, |
definition | : | a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | token, |
definition | : | a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines (noun.artifact) |
2. (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored (noun.artifact)
hyponym | : | diskette, floppy, floppy disk, |
definition | : | a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer (noun.artifact) |
domain category | : | computer science, computing, |
definition | : | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures (noun.cognition) |
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 (noun.artifact)
hyponym | : | l-p, lp, |
definition | : | a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | 78, seventy-eight, |
definition | : | a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute (noun.artifact) |
4. something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate (noun.shape)
hypernym | : | round shape, |
definition | : | a shape that is curved and without sharp angles (noun.shape) |
hyponym | : | intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk, |
definition | : | a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two) (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | dot, point, |
definition | : | a very small circular shape (noun.shape) |
5. (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored (noun.artifact)
derivation | : | diskette, floppy, floppy disk, |
definition | : | a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer (noun.artifact) |
6. sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove (noun.artifact)
derivation | : | record, tape, |
definition | : | register electronically (verb.communication) |
7. (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored (noun.artifact)
derivation | : | diskette, floppy, floppy disk, |
definition | : | a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer (noun.artifact) |
8. sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove (noun.artifact)
derivation | : | record, tape, |
definition | : | register electronically (verb.communication) |
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