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Synonyms for disk

Grammar : Noun
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Phonetic Transcription : dɪsk

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Définition of disk

Origin :
  • American English preferred spelling, 1660s, "round flat surface," from Latin discus "quoit, discus, disk," from Greek diskos, from dikein "throw," from PIE *dik-skos-, from root *deik- "to show, pronounce solemnly; also in derivatives referring to the directing of words or objects" [Watkins].
  • Sense of "phonograph disk" is 1888; computing sense is from 1947. Disk jockey first recorded 1941; dee-jay is from 1955; DJ is 1961; video version veejay is 1982. Disk-drive is from 1952.
  • noun round object
Example sentences :
  • They ascribed it to some change in the magnetism of the iron shell and disk.
  • Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various
  • The world of Weald Three grew brighter and brighter and became a disk.
  • Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • In the first was the disk, the symbol of the god; in the second, the god itself.
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • The disk had ice-caps and a reasonable proportion of land and water surface.
  • Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • It was a disk as big as a dollar with a lot of needles in it.
  • Extract from : « The Goat-gland Transplantation » by Sydney B. Flower
  • In the center of the disk was a metal seat with a control board near-by.
  • Extract from : « Raiders of the Universes » by Donald Wandrei
  • I glanced curiously at Correy, and then bent my attention on the image in the disk.
  • Extract from : « The Terror from the Depths » by Sewell Peaslee Wright
  • The disk of crystal was set almost flush with the floor, its edge beveled.
  • Extract from : « The Pygmy Planet » by John Stewart Williamson
  • The first sketch shows the eye looking directly at the disk 1.
  • Extract from : « Practical Mechanics for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
  • Linnell studied the colored arrows as they sped around the disk.
  • Extract from : « Sonnie-Boy's People » by James B. Connolly

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