"disc" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪsk/ Audio: en-us-disc.ogg [US] Forms: discs [plural], disk [alternative, US]
enPR: dĭsk Rhymes: -ɪsk Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos)der. Latin discusbor. French disquebor. English disc From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, disk, and diskos. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|fr:disque|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos)der. Latin discusbor. French disquebor. English disc [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "δίσκος", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "discus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "disque", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "disc", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="disc">, {{bor|en|fr|disque}} French disque, {{der|en|la|discus}} Latin discus, {{der|en|grc|δίσκος||disk, quoit, platter}} Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”), {{doublet|en|dais|desk|discus|dish|disk|diskos}} Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, disk, and diskos Head templates: {{en-noun}} disc (plural discs)
  1. A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
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  2. (anatomy) An intervertebral disc.
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  3. Something resembling a disc.
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  4. A vinyl phonograph or gramophone record.
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  5. (botany) The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.
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  6. (disc sports) Ellipsis of flying disc; synonym of frisbee; generic name for the trademark Frisbee. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: flying disc (extra: synonym of frisbee; generic name for the trademark Frisbee)
    Sense id: en-disc-en-noun-pU56USEP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Ultimate Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 10 8 23 7 19 0 24 8 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 1 14 7 22 7 20 1 22 6 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 1 19 6 22 6 23 1 17 6 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 1 20 6 24 6 20 1 18 5 Disambiguation of Ultimate: 4 8 3 9 5 39 3 18 13 Derived forms (frisbee): disc golf (english: frisbee golf), recovery disc, time disc, ultimate disc (english: ultimate frisbee) Derived forms (other terms): abrasive disc, accretion disc, Airy disc, Alderson disc, amphidisc, Benham's disc, bidisc, brake disc, circumstellar disc, clutch disc, compact disc, compact disc drive, coverdisc, death disc, degenerative disc disease, digital versatile disc, digital video disc, discal, disc brake, disc drive, discectomy, discer, discette, discful, disc horse, disciferous, disc image, discitis, disc jockey, discless, disclike, discmag, Discman, disc number, discocone, discoconic, disc of confusion, discogenic, discogram, discoid, discophile, discophilia, discotomy, disc owl, disc pack, disc rot, discstone, disc-tongued frog, facial disc, fixed disc, fixed disc drive, flexi disc, Flexi disc, flip-disc display, flippy disc, floppy disc, floppy disc drive, flying disc golf, galactic disc, germinal disc, gold disc, hard disc, hard disc drive, holodisc, ice disc, imaginal disc, intervertebral disc, laser disc, Laserdisc, lip disc, magnetodisc, megalodisc, microdisc, minidisc, MiniDisc, multidisc, nanodisc, Nebra sky disc, Nipkov disc, Nipkow disc, optical disc, optical disc drive, optic disc, parking disc, pelvic disc, phonodisc, photodisc, picture disc, Poincaré disc, polydisc, protoplanetary disc, scattered disc, scattered disc object, Secchi disc, separating disc, Siegel disc, slipped disc, slot-loading disc drive, spinal disc herniation, squamodisc, sun disc, tax disc, tree disc, trichodiscoma, videodisc Disambiguation of 'frisbee': 0 2 1 4 1 92 0 Disambiguation of 'other terms': 2 20 4 26 13 35 0
  7. Alternative form of disk Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: disk
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Verb

IPA: /dɪsk/ Audio: en-us-disc.ogg [US] Forms: discs [present, singular, third-person], discing [participle, present], disced [participle, past], disced [past], disk [alternative, US]
enPR: dĭsk Rhymes: -ɪsk Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos)der. Latin discusbor. French disquebor. English disc From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, disk, and diskos. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|fr:disque|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos)der. Latin discusbor. French disquebor. English disc [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "δίσκος", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "discus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "disque", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "disc", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="disc">, {{bor|en|fr|disque}} French disque, {{der|en|la|discus}} Latin discus, {{der|en|grc|δίσκος||disk, quoit, platter}} Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”), {{doublet|en|dais|desk|discus|dish|disk|diskos}} Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, disk, and diskos Head templates: {{en-verb}} disc (third-person singular simple present discs, present participle discing, simple past and past participle disced)
  1. (agriculture) To harrow with a disc harrow.
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  2. (aviation, of a propeller) 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.
    Sense id: en-disc-en-verb-UgGocATR Categories (other): Aviation Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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      "english": "frisbee golf",
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      "word": "Nebra sky disc"
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      "sense": "other terms",
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      "word": "picture disc"
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      "word": "polydisc"
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      "word": "protoplanetary disc"
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      "word": "Secchi disc"
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      "sense": "other terms",
      "word": "Siegel disc"
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      "word": "slot-loading disc drive"
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      "sense": "other terms",
      "word": "spinal disc herniation"
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      "sense": "other terms",
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      "word": "sun disc"
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      "word": "tax disc"
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      "word": "tree disc"
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      "word": "trichodiscoma"
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