disc

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; acetate disk, phonograph recording disk
a disk coated with cellulose acetate; brake disk
a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel; pressure is applied to it by the brake pads; deadeye
(nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud; diaphragm
electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves; discus, saucer
a disk used in throwing competitions; Frisbee
a light, plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter; propelled with a flip of the wrist for recreation or competition; coin blank, planchet
a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin; hockey puck, puck
a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey; token
a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines; subway token
a token that is used to pay for entry to the subway system

Type of:: circle, round
any circular or rotating mechanism; plate
a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

Types:: intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk
a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two); dot, point
a very small circular shape

Types:: L-P, LP
a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm; 78, seventy-eight
a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute

Type of:: audio, audio recording, sound recording
a recording of acoustic signals

Types:: diskette, floppy, floppy disk
a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer; fixed disk, hard disc, hard disk
a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit; removable disk
a hard disk that can be removed from the disk drive; removal prevents unauthorized use

Type of:: memory device, storage device
a device that preserves information for retrieval

DEFINITIONS OF: disc