English Explanatory Dictionary

disk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
  2. A two-dimensional geometric region, the set of points bounded by a circle.
  3. Something resembling a disk.
  4. An intervertebral disc
  5. A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.
  6. Ellipsis of floppy disk.
  7. Ellipsis of hard disk.
  8. Ellipsis of optical disk.
  9. A type of harrow.
  10. A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.
verb
  1. To harrow.
  2. To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airstream and maximizing the drag generated by the propeller.

Pronunciation

dĭsk /dɪsk/ En-us-disk.ogg

Word forms

disk disks disc disking disked

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), from δικεῖν (dikeîn, “to hurl, to launch”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, dish, and diskos.

Derived words

accretion disk Airy disk Alderson disk Benham's disk blastodisk circumplanetary disk coverdisk disk access time diskazine disk buffer diskcyclic disk drive diskectomy diskery diskette disk horse disk image disk jockey disklabel diskless disklike diskmag disk on key disk operating system disk owl disk pack disk rot diskspace disk wheel diskzine fixed disk drive flash disk floppy disk drive flying disk germinal disk hard disk drive holodisk ice disk interdisk Jefferson disk magnetodisk microdisk minidisk multidisk musicdisk nanodisk Nipkov disk Nipkow disk optical disk optical disk drive optic disk parking disk photodisk Poincaré disk polydisk protoplanetary disk quasidisk RAID scattered disk Secchi disk
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