disc

Plural: discs

Noun

• sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
• something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
• (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
• a flat circular plate
• A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
• An intervertebral disc.
• Something resembling a disc.
• A vinyl phonograph or gramophone record.
• 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

Verb Forms: disced, discing, discs

• To break up land using a disc harrow; to disk.
• To harrow with a disc harrow.
• 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.

Examples

• A coin is a disc of metal.
• In the air, the asymmetric drag generated by a discing propeller can result in loss of control of the airplane.
• The farmer would disc his field, much like a player discs their tiles.
• Turn the disc over, after it has finished.
• Venus's disc cut off light from the Sun.

Synonyms

disk, magnetic disc, magnetic disk, phonograph record, phonograph recording, platter, record, saucer

Anagrams of disc