disc (n.)

  1. sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

    [ Syn: phonograph record , phonograph recording , record , disk , platter ]

  2. something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate; the moons disk hung in a cloudless sky

    [ Syn: disk , saucer ]

  3. (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 , disk ]

  4. a flat circular plate

    [ Syn: disk , disk ]

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