disk

Noun

disk (plural disks)

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

   A coin is a disk of metal.

2. Something resembling a disk.

   Venus" disk cut off light from the Sun.

3. A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.

   Turn the disk over, after it has finished.

4 letters in word "disk": D I K S.

Anagrams of disk:

• kids

• skid

Words found within disk:

di dis id ids is kid si ski

• Definitions:
• something with a round shape like a flat circular plate phonograph record: sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove magnetic disk: (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored harrow: draw a harrow over (land)
• In geometry, a disk (also spelt disc) is the region in a plane bounded by a circle.
• Term describing the shape of the rotary wing or propeller formed by the spinning blades.
• The visible surface of the sun (or any heavenly body) projected against the sky.
• Used synonymously with hard disk. Can be used for any storage media where the actual media is a circular disc - hard or soft kernel, magnetic or optical technology. Circular platters. The actual media. See platter.
• a piece of machinery that contains a number of round, concave-shaped, metal plates (disks) held perpendicular to the ground, and free to rotate. It is pulled across a site by a tractor or skidder. See "disking."
• A thin platter coated with a magnetic material, and used in a disk drive to store information. Also can refer to the drive itself.
• The magnetic medium on which the computer stores information. The disk can be a floppy disk or a hard disk.
• Same as magnetic disk. A round, flat magnetic recording medium with one or more layers deposited on the surface which data can be recorded onto.
• Operating System. A single-user operating system (OS). It was the first OS for the PC, and is the underlying control program for Windows 3.1, 95, 98 and ME. Windows NT, 2000, XP and later versions emulate DOS in order to support existing DOS applications.
• A type of cultivator made up of many circular blades used for weed control and soil preparation.
• The flat central part of a compound flower. It is made up of short, tubular florets.
• Disk is a general term that is used to describe flattened circular objects. The most common use of the word disk in astronomy is in describing round objects like the moon or planets. There is also the accretion disk which formed the solar system. ...
• A physical medium capable of storing information.
• the surface within the margin.
• A piece of farm equipment pulled behind a tractor to prepare soil, cut up vegetative matter in fields. It is used in preparation of fields prior to planting and also to keep weeds under control.
• A computer storage device for programs, data and documents. Disks can be small portable size for easy mobility of information. (Source: IDM Marketing Guide 2006)
• noun - A circle and all of its inside points. Defined as all points <= radius r away from a center point, in two dimensions. It is the planespace analog of the ball in realmspace and the gongyl in tetraspace. See the chart under rotatope.
• The term used for a medium on which is stored machine-readable data or program files (computer software); also referred to as a computer disk.
• a peripheral device that stores data on a rotating disk using magnetic or optical recording.
• a method used to get a quick, simple and accurate measure of water clarity using a black and white disc, a Secchi disk, that is lowered into the water until it just disappears from sight. This depth measurement is then recorded.
• A disk is a flat circular device for storing computer data. The data might be stored magnetically or optically. The most common disks are CD-ROM disks made of stiff, translucent plastic.
• A computer storage device such as a CD or 3.5" floppy.
• a round plastic magnetic device on which computer programs and data are saved. There are three main types of disks: hard disks (maintained inside the computer), diskettes (aka floppy disks), and compact disks.
• Term used to describe magnetic storage media (floppy disk, diskette, hard disk), as opposed to optical storage systems.
• central region of a head of flowers like the sunflower
• the interior of a circle (an open disk); a circle and its interior (a closed disk)

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