disc
A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
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...
- 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.
- Ellipsis of flying disc; synonym of frisbee; generic name for the trademark Frisbee.
- Alternative form of disk
Origin
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.
Forms
Derived
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Verb
- To harrow with a disc harrow.
- It is held that discing is as much value to lucerne as cultivation is to corn. - 1901 October 11, “Discing Lucerne”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 16, page 488:
- 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.