Meaning

7 senses
  1. A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

    A coin is a disk of metal.

    Scheibe, Kreisscheibe, Kreisfläche

    дискdisk

    дискdysk, кружа́лоkružálo

    a flat circular plate

  2. A two-dimensional geometric region, the set of points bounded by a circle.

    Kreis

    кругkrug

    кругkruh, ко́лоkólo

  3. (figuratively)Something resembling a disk.

    Venus' disk cut off light from the Sun.

    Scheibe

    дискdisk

    дискdysk

  4. An intervertebral disc

    Bandscheibe

    дискdisk

    дискdysk

  5. (dated)A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.

    Turn the disk over, after it has finished.

    Schallplatte, Platte, Scheibe

    пласти́нкаplastínka, дискdisk

    пласти́нкаplastýnka, дискdysk

  6. A type of harrow.

  7. A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.

Examples

71 sentences
  1. The hard disk was completely destroyed.

    Жорсткий диск повністю знищений. — quez

    ruЖёсткий диск был полностью повреждён. — odexed

    deDie Festplatte wurde völlig zerstört. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom inserted a disk.

    Том вставив диск. — deniko

    ruТом вставил диск. — odexed

  3. Tom defragmented his hard disk.

    Том дефрагментував свій жорсткий диск. — Anjy

    ruТом сделал дефрагментацию жёсткого диска. — odexed

  4. You're running out of disk space.

    deSie haben auf Ihrer Festplatte kaum noch Speicherplatz. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. I erased my hard disk by accident.

    ruЯ случайно отформатировал свой жёсткий диск. — Ooneykcall

    deIch habe aus Versehen meine Festplatte gelöscht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
a thin, flat, circular plate:
geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius:
a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record:
Русский
By meaning 3
a thin, flat, circular plate:
geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius:
a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
a thin, flat, circular plate:
geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius:
intervertebral disc:
a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record:

Origin

From Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), from δικέω (dik

From Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), from δικέω (dikéō, “to hurl, to launch”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, dish, and diskos.

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Forms

plural: disks
Singulardisk
Pluraldisks

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

45 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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