disc

UK /dɪsk/ US /dɪsk/
noun 5verb 2name 1

Definitions

noun

1

A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

A coin is a disc of metal.

2

An intervertebral disc.

3

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.

4

A vinyl phonograph or gramophone record.

Turn the disc over, after it has finished.

5

The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.

verb

1

To harrow with a disc harrow.

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

2

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

1

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

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