disc
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(noun) a thin flat circular plate |
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Synonyms: disk |
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Related Words: acetate disk, brake disk, circle, coin blank, diaphragm, discus, hockey puck, phonograph recording disk, planchet, plate, puck, round, saucer, token |
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(noun) something with a round shape like a flat circular plate |
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Synonyms: disk, saucer |
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Related Words: dot, intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk, point, round shape |
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(noun) (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored |
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Synonyms: disk, magnetic disc, magnetic disk |
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Related Words: diskette, fixed disk, floppy, floppy disk, hard disc, hard disk, memory device, storage device |
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(noun) a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating as a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves |
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Synonyms: disk, phonograph record, phonograph recording, platter, record |
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Related Words: L-P, LP, audio recording, sound recording |
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