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disc¹
- /dɪsk/
Rhymes with -ɪsk
Where it comes from
From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, disk, and diskos.
noun discs · disk
- A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object. A coin is a disc of metal.
- An intervertebral disc.
- Something resembling a disc. Venus's disc cut off light from the Sun.
- A vinyl phonograph or gramophone record. Turn the disc over, after it has finished.
- The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.
- Ellipsis of flying disc; synonym of frisbee; generic name for the trademark Frisbee.
- Alternative form of disk
verb discs · discing · disced · disk
- To harrow with a disc harrow. It is held that discing is as much value to lucerne as cultivation is to corn.
- To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airflow and maximizing the drag generated by the propeller. In the air, the asymmetric drag generated by a discing propeller can result in loss of control of the airplane.
DISC²
proper noun
- Acronym of dominance, inducement, submission, and compliance, a type of personality test.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: disk, record, phonograph record, platter, saucer, magnetic disc, magnetic disk, phonograph recording, rotary, phonographic, recording, rotor, wedge, plunger, floppy, hot
Talk about this word "disc." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/disc. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. disc. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/disc "disc." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/disc.Cite this
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title = {disc},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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