n. [ L. discus, Gr.
Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Disk engine,
Disk shell (Zool.),
. (Engin.) A friction clutch in which the gripping surfaces are disks or more or less resemble disks. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. (Computers) a data-storage medium consisting of a small plastic disk coated with a thin layer of magnetizable material on one or both sides, enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit. It is used in a specially designed
n. Unkindness; disservice. [ R. ] A. Tucker. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. to comment on music to be played.
n. same as disc jockey.
a. Having no disk; appearing as a point and not expanded into a disk, as the image of a faint star in a telescope. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. resembling a disk in shape; circular and having a height considerably smaller than the diameter.