Meaning

1 senses

  1. A kind of plastic optical disc used to store audio or digital data, read by a laser in a drive.

    CD, Kompaktplatte

    компа́кт-ди́скkompákt-dísk, CD, си-ди́si-dí

    компа́кт-ди́скkompákt-dýsk

More definitions
  • a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser

Examples

3 sentences

  1. She gave me this compact disc.

    ruОна дала мне этот компакт-диск.

    deSie gab mir diese CD.

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  2. The watch on the compact disc is mine.

    deDie Uhr auf der CD gehört mir.

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  3. Compact discs have entirely taken the place of phonograph records.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
optical disc used to store data:
Русский
By meaning 1
optical disc used to store data:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
optical disc used to store data:

Forms

plural: compact discs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
CDA1
Close in meaning
  • a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser:compact diskCD

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
commutercompactcompactorcompanionB1companionship
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