disc

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/dɪsk/

noun 5verb 2name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

cervical, entire, flat, half, light, round, scratched, wide

The doctor said my cervical disc was causing the pain in my neck and shoulders.

VERB + DISC

buy, coin, doesn't, herniated, insert, isn't, labelled, play

I bought a new disc at the record store yesterday afternoon.

DISC + NOUN

dollars, golf, it's, jockey, metal, moon, we've

The radio disc jockey played our favorite song three times in a row yesterday.

PREP.

in, off, on

The old vinyl disc in my collection is worth quite a lot of money.

ADV.

ever

I've never seen such a scratched disc ever in my entire life.

Definitions

noun

A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

A coin is a disc of metal.

An intervertebral disc.

Something resembling a disc.

Venus's disc cut off light from the Sun.

[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.

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.

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.

In the air, the asymmetric drag generated by a discing propeller can result in loss of control of the airplane.

name

Acronym of dominance, inducement, submission, and compliance, a type of personality test.

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Synonyms

noun — a flat circular plate

disk

noun — (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk

disk

noun — sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groov

noun — something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plat

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

A coin is a disc of metal.

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Venus's disc cut off light from the Sun.

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It is held that discing is as much value to lucerne as cultivation is to corn.

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In the air, the asymmetric drag generated by a discing propeller can result in loss of control of the airplane.

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The watch on the compact disc is mine.

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