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Webster 1913 Edition

Disk

Disk

(dĭsk)
,
Noun.
[L.
discus
, Gr.
δίσκος
. 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.
(Zool.)
(a)
The anterior surface or oral area of cœlenterate 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Disk

DISK

,
Noun.
[L. See Dish and Desk.]
1.
The body and face of the sun, moon or a planet, as it appears to us on the earth; or the body and face of the earth, as it appears to a spectator in the moon.
2.
A quoit; a piece of stone, iron or copper, inclining to an oval figure, which the ancients hurled by the help of a leathern thong tied round the persons hand, and put through a hole in the middle.
Some whirl the disk, and some the javlin dart.
3.
In botany, the whole surface of a leaf; the central part of a radiate compound flower.

Definition 2024

disk

disk

English

Noun

disk ‎(plural disks)

  1. A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
    A coin is a disk of metal.
  2. (figuratively) Something resembling a disk.
    Venus' disk cut off light from the Sun.
  3. (anatomy) An intervertebral disc.
  4. (dated) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.
    Turn the disk over, after it has finished.
  5. (computing) A floppy disk - removable magnetic medium or a hard disk - fixed, persistent digital storage.
    He still uses floppy disks from 1979.
  6. (computing, nonstandard) A disc - either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD or similar removable storage medium.
    She burned some disks yesterday to back up her computer.
  7. (agriculture) A harrow.
  8. (botany) A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.

Usage notes

In International English, disk is the correct spelling for magnetic disks. If the medium is optical, the variant disc is usually preferred, although computing is a peculiar field for the term. For instance, hard disk and other disk drives are always thus spelled, yet so are terms like compact discs. Thus, if referring to a physical drive or older media (3" or 5.25" diskettes) the k is used, but c is used for newer (optical based) media.

Less commonly, in British English, disc has been used for magnetic disks, as in floppy disc and discette.

Translations

Verb

disk ‎(third-person singular simple present disks, present participle disking, simple past and past participle disked)

  1. (agriculture) to harrow
    • 1916, Various, Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916:
      That is alkali. Mr. Kochendorfer: I have a ten-year apple orchard that I disked last year and kept it tolerably clean this spring.
    • 1948, Various, Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report:
      The next year I plowed and disked the patch of ground and planted potatoes.
    • 1991 September 6, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader:
      The soil is plowed and disked and then seeded with a mixture of prairie plants.

Anagrams

Czech

Noun

disk m

  1. disc, disk (thin, flat, circular plate or similar object)
    hod diskem

Declension

Derived terms

  • diskový

Related terms

Icelandic

Noun

disk

  1. indefinite accusative singular of diskur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse diskr.

Noun

disk m ‎(definite singular disken, indefinite plural disker, definite plural diskene)

  1. a counter (in a shop etc.)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse diskr.

Noun

disk m ‎(definite singular disken, indefinite plural diskar, definite plural diskane)

  1. a counter (in a shop etc.)

References

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *diskaz, whence also Old English disc, Old Norse diskr

Noun

disk m

  1. plate

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse diskr, from Proto-Germanic *diskaz.

Noun

disk c

  1. counter; table on which business is transacted
  2. washing-up
  3. dirty dishes
  4. (anatomy) disc
  5. disk drive

Declension

Inflection of disk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative disk disken diskar diskarna
Genitive disks diskens diskars diskarnas

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • (counter): bardisk
  • (washing-up): handdisk
  • (dirty dishes): diskare, diskbalja, diskborste, diskho, diskmaskin, diskmedel, diskställ, frukostdisk
  • (disc (anatomy)): diskbråck

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίσκος ‎(dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), from δικεῖν ‎(dikeîn, “to hurl, to launch”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: dĭsk, IPA(key): /dɪsk/
  • Rhymes: -ɪsk

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