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Disk   /dɪsk/   Listen
noun
Disk  n.  (Written also disc)  
1.
A discus; a quoit. "Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart."
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.
(Zool.)
(a)
The anterior surface or oral area of coelenterate 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 (Zool.), any species of Discina.





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"Disk" Quotes from Famous Books



... distant drone, which had been audible for some time, was gradually becoming a steady humming roar. A few moments later and a belated hydro-aeroplane passed across the face of the moon, a dragon-fly silhouette against the shining disk. ...
— Shavings • Joseph C. Lincoln
... white or blue cotton cloth. (Plate LXIX-LXX). These garments are frequently decorated with embroidered designs and are finished at the shoulders and knees with a cotton fringe. The trousers are supported at the waist by means of a belt, and below reach nearly to the ankles.[100] An incised silver disk is attached to the front of the jacket, while ornaments of beads, seeds, and alligators' teeth ...
— The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao - The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition • Fay-Cooper Cole
... the full disk of the moon, which was beginning to sink behind the poplars. "Why," thought he to himself, "am I not a ...
— Timar's Two Worlds • Mr Jkai
... Earth the platform looked to be a lifeless, lonely disk, but within it, hundreds of spacemen and ...
— Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet • Harold Leland Goodwin
... a tin plate covered with baize, solicited the pecuniary contributions of the faithful. On approaching the plaintiff, however, he himself slipped a love-token upon the plate and pushed it towards her. That love-token was a lozenge—a small disk, I have reason to believe, concocted of peppermint and sugar, bearing upon its reverse surface the simple words, 'I love you!' I have since ascertained that these disks may be bought for five cents a dozen—or at considerably less than one half cent for the single lozenge. Yes, gentlemen, the ...
— Openings in the Old Trail • Bret Harte


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