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   Disk

   /disk/

   

   noun

   • 1. a flat, thin, round object: "heavy metal disks the size of hockey pucks"
   • ▪ an information storage device for a computer in the shape of a round flat plate that can be rotated to give access to all parts of the surface. The data may be stored either magnetically (in a magnetic disk) or optically (in an optical disk such as a CD-ROM).
   • ▪ a CD or record.
   • ▪ one of the suits in some tarot packs, corresponding to coins in others.
   • 2. a shape or surface that is round and flat in appearance: "the smudged yellow disk of the moon"
   • ▪ a layer of cartilage separating adjacent vertebrae in the spine: "he suffered a prolapsed disc"
   • ▪ (in a composite flower head of the daisy family) a close-packed cluster of disk florets in the center, forming the yellow part of the flower head.

   verb

   • 1. cultivate (a field) with a disk harrow.

   Word Origin mid 17th century (originally referring to the seemingly flat round form of the sun or moon): from French disque or Latin discus (see discus).

   Derivatives

   • 1. diskless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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