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disc

Pronunciation: /dɪsk/

The English word “disc” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
  2. An intervertebral disc.
  3. Something resembling a disc.
  4. A vinyl phonograph or gramophone record.
  5. The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.

verb

  1. To harrow with a disc harrow.
  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.

Etymology

From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, disk, and diskos.

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