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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disk \Disk\ (d[i^]sk), noun [L. discus, Gr. di'skos. See {Dish}.] [Written also {disc}.]
1. A discus; a quoit.
Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart. --Pope.
2. A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.
3. (Astron.) The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens.
4. (Biol.) A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.
5. (Bot.) (a) The whole surface of a leaf. (b) The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in sunflower. (c) A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil.
6. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The anterior surface or oral area of c[oe]lenterate animals, as of sea anemones. (b) The lower side of the body of some invertebrates, especially when used for locomotion, when it is often called a creeping disk. (c) In owls, the space around the eyes.
{Disk engine}, a form of rotary steam engine.
{Disk shell} (Zo["o]l.), any species of Discina.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
disk
noun
1: something with a round shape like a flat circular plate [syn: {disc}, {saucer}]
2: a flat circular plate [syn: {disc}]
3: sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves [syn: {phonograph record}, {phonograph recording}, {record}, {disc}, {platter}]
4: (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored [syn: {magnetic disk}, {magnetic disc}, {disc}]
verb: draw a harrow over (land) [syn: {harrow}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
92 Moby Thesaurus words for "disk": O, annular muscle, annulus, areola, aureole, carousel, chaplet, circle, circuit, circumference, circus, closed circle, coat, coating, collop, corona, coronet, covering, crown, cut, cycle, deal, diadem, discus, eternal return, fairy ring, feuille, film, flap, foil, fold, garland, glory, halo, lamella, lamina, laminated glass, laminated wood, lap, lasso, leaf, logical circle, loop, looplet, magic circle, membrane, merry-go-round, noose, orbit, pane, panel, patina, peel, pellicle, plait, plank, plate, plating, ply, plywood, radius, rasher, ring, roller, rolling stone, rondelle, rotator, rotor, round, roundabout, roundel, rundle, safety glass, saucer, scum, sheet, skin, slab, slat, slice, sphincter, table, tablet, top, veneer, vicious circle, wafer, wheel, whirlabout, whirler, whirligig, wreath
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
disk
1. {magnetic disk}. 2. {compact disc}. 3. {optical disk}. Note: the american spelling, "disk", is normal for most computer disks whereas "compact disc", having come to computers via the audio world, is correctly spelled with a "c", indeed, this spelling is part of the CD standard. (1995-07-30)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
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