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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  disc
       
           British spelling of "{disk", normally
          only used for "{compact disc".
       
          (1995-07-30)
       
       

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Disc \Disc\ (d[i^]sk), n. [See Disk, Dish.]
     A flat round plate; (Biol.) A circular structure either in
     plants or animals; as, a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc.
     Same as Disk.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Disk \Disk\ (d[i^]sk), n. [L. discus, Gr. di`skos. See Dish.]
     [Written also disc.]
     1. A discus; a quoit.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart.
                                                    --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Astron.) The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen
        projected of the heavens.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Biol.) A circular structure either in plants or animals;
        as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Bot.)
        (a) The whole surface of a leaf.
        (b) The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in
            sunflower.
        (c) A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under,
            or around, or even on top of, the pistil.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     6. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) The anterior surface or oral area of c[oe]lenterate
            animals, as of sea anemones.
        (b) The lower side of the body of some invertebrates,
            especially when used for locomotion, when it is often
            called a creeping disk.
        (c) In owls, the space around the eyes.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     Disk engine, a form of rotary steam engine.
  
     Disk shell (Zo["o]l.), any species of Discina.
        [1913 Webster]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) :   [ vera ]

  DISC
       Defense Information System Council (mil., USA)
       
       

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Disk \Disk\, n. [L. discus, Gr. ?. See Dish.] [Written also
     disc.]
     1. A discus; a quoit.
  
              Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart.
                                                    --Pope.
  
     2. A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.
  
     3. (Astron.) The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen
        projected of the heavens.
  
     4. (Biol.) A circular structure either in plants or animals;
        as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.
  
     5. (Bot.)
        (a) The whole surface of a leaf.
        (b) The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in
            sunflower.
        (c) A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under,
            or around, or even on top of, the pistil.
  
     6. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) The anterior surface or oral area of c[oe]lenterate
            animals, as of sea anemones.
        (b) The lower side of the body of some invertebrates,
            especially when used for locomotion, when it is often
            called a creeping disk.
        (c) In owls, the space around the eyes.
  
     Disk engine, a form of rotary steam engine.
  
     Disk shell (Zo["o]l.), any species of Discina.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Disc \Disc\, n. [See Disk, Dish.]
     A flat round plate; (Biol.) A circular structure either in
     plants or animals; as, a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc.
     Same as Disk.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  disc
       n 1: sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous
            grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating
            while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves [syn: phonograph
            record, phonograph recording, record, disk, platter]
       2: something with a round shape like a flat circular plate
          [syn: disk, saucer]
       3: (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk
          covered with a magnetic coating on which information is
          stored [syn: magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disk]
       4: a flat circular plate [syn: disk]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  disc
     Αγγλικά n.
     ''βλ. συνώνυμο'' disk (δίσκος)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  disc
     n.
     1 A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
     2 (lb en anatomy) An
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/intervertebral%20disc.
     3 Something resembling a disc.
     4 A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.
     5 (lb en botany) The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat,
  round growth.
     6 (lb en disc sports) (ellipsis of en flying disc); (synonym of en
  frisbee); generic name for the trademark (m en Frisbee);
     vb.
     1 (lb en agriculture) To harrow with a disc harrow.
     2 (lb en aviation of a propeller) To move towards, or operate at,
  zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming
  airflow and maximising the drag generated by the propeller.
     Old English n.
     plate, dish
     Romanian n.
     1 (lb ro technology) disk, (l en disc)
     2 (lb ro music) disk
     3 (lb ro sports) discus
     4 (lb ro anatomy) (l en disc)
     Romanian n.
     dish (gloss: flat round object), especially one used in church
  services to collect money

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  disc.
     n.
     (abbr of en discount)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Disc.
     n.
     (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en discount)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  disc
     n.
     1 A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
     2 (lb en anatomy) An
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/intervertebral%20disc.
     3 Something resembling a disc.
     4 A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.
     5 (lb en botany) The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat,
  round growth.
     6 (lb en disc sports) (ellipsis of en flying disc); (synonym of en
  frisbee); generic name for the trademark (m en Frisbee);
     vb.
     1 (lb en agriculture) To harrow with a disc harrow.
     2 (lb en aviation of a propeller) To move towards, or operate at,
  zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming
  airflow and maximising the drag generated by the propeller.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  disc.
     n.
     (abbr of en discount)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Disc.
     n.
     (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en discount)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  disc
     n.
     1 A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
     2 (lb en anatomy) An
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/intervertebral%20disc.
     3 Something resembling a disc.
     4 A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.
     5 (lb en botany) The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat,
  round growth.
     6 (lb en disc sports) (ellipsis of en flying disc); (synonym of en
  frisbee); generic name for the trademark (m en Frisbee);
     vb.
     1 (lb en agriculture) To harrow with a disc harrow.
     2 (lb en aviation of a propeller) To move towards, or operate at,
  zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming
  airflow and maximising the drag generated by the propeller.
     Old English n.
     plate, dish
     Romanian n.
     1 (lb ro technology) disk, (l en disc)
     2 (lb ro music) disk
     3 (lb ro sports) discus
     4 (lb ro anatomy) (l en disc)
     Romanian n.
     dish (gloss: flat round object), especially one used in church
  services to collect money

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  disc.
     n.
     (abbr of en discount)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Disc.
     n.
     (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en discount)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  disc
     n.
     1 A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
     2 (lb en anatomy) An
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/intervertebral%20disc.
     3 Something resembling a disc.
     4 A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.
     5 (lb en botany) The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat,
  round growth.
     6 (lb en disc sports) (ellipsis of en flying disc); (synonym of en
  frisbee); generic name for the trademark (m en Frisbee);
     vb.
     1 (lb en agriculture) To harrow with a disc harrow.
     2 (lb en aviation of a propeller) To move towards, or operate at,
  zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming
  airflow and maximising the drag generated by the propeller.
     Old English n.
     plate, dish

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  disc.
     n.
     (abbr of en discount)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Disc.
     n.
     (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en discount)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  disc
     Romania n.
     1 levy
     2 (yhteys urheilu k=ro) kiekko

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  disc
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg generellt brittisk engelska språk=en) skiva
     2 (tagg anatomi språk=en) ''kortform av '''intervertebral disc''''';
  en platta av brosk mellan kotorna i ryggraden
     3 (tagg data språk=en) inspelning av exempelvis musik eller film på
  gripbart föremål som CD-skiva eller DVD-skiva
     4 (tagg sport språk=en) ''kortform av '''flying disc''''';
  "flygande disk/skiva", som kastas i sporten frisbee

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  disc /dˈɪsk/
  plaat, skyf

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Disc /dˈɪsk/
  القرص

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  disc /dˈɪsk/
  disk

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  disc /dˈɪsk/
  kotouč

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  disc /dˈɪsk/
   [Br.] Kreisscheibe  [math.]
     Synonym: disk
  
   see: discs, disks
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  disc /dˈɪsk/
   [Br.] Platte  [comp.]
     Synonym: disk
  
   see: discs, disks
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  disc /dˈɪsk/
  Radschüssel 
     Synonyms: wheel disc, disk, wheel disk
  
   see: discs, wheel discs, disks, wheel disks
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  disc /dˈɪsk/
   [Br.] Scheibe 
     Synonym: disk
  
   see: discs, disks
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  disc /dˈɪsk/
   [Br.] Scheibe , Platte , Teller  [techn.]
     Synonyms: disk, plate
  
   see: discs, disks, plates
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  disc /dˈɪsk/
   [Am.] Vinyl-Schallplatte , Vinylscheibe  [ugs.] , Schallplatte , Platte  [ugs.]
           Note: Audio
     Synonyms: vinyl record, vinyl, gramophone record, phonograph record, record, disk
  
   see: vinyl records, vinyls, gramophone records, phonograph records, records, disks, discs, dinked record
  
           Note: audio

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  disc /dˈɪsk/
  
  δίσκος

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  disc /disk/
  disque

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  disc /dˈɪsk/ 
  1. कोई~चिपटी~गोल~वस्तु
        "We inserted the floppy disc into the computer."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  disc /dˈɪsk/
  disk, diska, krug, pločica, remenica

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  disc /dˈɪsk/
  korong

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  disc /dısk/ 
  1. diskas, skritulys
     See also: disk
  
  2. plokštelė (patefono arba kompaktinė)

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  disc, disk /dɪsk/ 
   1.  krążek, tarcza
   2.  [med]  dysk, krążek międzykręgowy
   3.  płyta  [np. gramofonowa]
   4.  [komp]  dysk, dyskietka

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  disc /disk/
  disco

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  disc /dˈɪsk/
  1. (bak.) disk.

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  disc
  disc

From Lenga d'òc - Català FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:oci-cat ]

  disc 
  disc  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈdɪsk/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "disc":
     bulletin board, card, cartridge, cassette, catalog card,
     electrical transcription, file, filing card, film, index card,
     library catalog, magnetic tape, microcard, microdot, microfiche,
     microfilm, motion-picture film, phonograph record, platter, record,
     recording, scoreboard, scorecard, scoresheet, slip, tape,
     tape cartridge, tape cassette, tape recording, ticker tape,
     transcription, videotape, wax, wire recording
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n.唱片; 圆盘状物

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 圆盘;唱片,磁盘
     a. 圆盘形

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