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disk
1. The two-dimensional projection of the surface of a star or planet.
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Disk
A flat, circular, raised ornament, carved as a series of disks adjacent to each other.
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disk
[disk]Also spelled disc.
(astronomy)
A relatively thin layer of material distributed in the central plane of a spiral galaxy, in contrast to the nucleus or halo.
(biology)
Any of various rounded and flattened animal and plant structures.
(computer science)
A rotating circular plate having a magnetizable surface on which information may be stored as a pattern of polarized spots on concentric recording tracks. Also known as magnetic disk.
(engineering acoustics)
(mathematics)
The region in the plane consisting of all points with norm less than 1 (sometimes less than or equal to 1).
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disk
(storage)1. magnetic disk.
2. compact disc.
3. optical disk.
Note: the american spelling, "disk", is normal for most computer disks whereas "compact disc", having come to computers via the audio world, is correctly spelled with a "c", indeed, this spelling is part of the CD standard.
2. compact disc.
3. optical disk.
Note: the american spelling, "disk", is normal for most computer disks whereas "compact disc", having come to computers via the audio world, is correctly spelled with a "c", indeed, this spelling is part of the CD standard.
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