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:

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

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  2. Tom inserted a disk.

    Том вставив диск. — deniko

    ruТом вставил диск. — odexed

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  3. Tom defragmented his hard disk.

    Том дефрагментував свій жорсткий диск. — Anjy

    ruТом сделал дефрагментацию жёсткого диска. — odexed

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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. An intervertebral disc

    Bandscheibe

    дискdisk

    дискdysk

More meanings 4

  1. (figuratively)Something resembling a disk.

    Venus' disk cut off light from the Sun.

    Scheibe

    дискdisk

    дискdysk

  2. A type of harrow.

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

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

    Turn the disk over, after it has finished.

    Schallplatte, Platte, Scheibe

    пласти́нкаplastínka, дискdisk

    пласти́нкаplastýnka, дискdysk

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
  • something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate:discsaucer
  • a flat circular plate:disc
  • sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove:phonograph recordphonograph recordingrecorddiscplatter
  • (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored:magnetic diskmagnetic discdisc

Word family

45 related words
Relateddiskette
Derivedaccretion diskblastodiskcircumplanetary diskcoverdiskdiskazinedisk bufferdiskcyclicdisk drivediskerydisk horsedisk imagedisklabeldisklessdisklikediskmagdisk packdiskspacedisk wheeldiskzineflash diskflying diskgerminal diskholodiskice disk

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
disintegrationdisinteresteddisjointdiskettedislikeA2dislocate

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