Definition of Disk

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Definition of Disk

Disk

A discus; a quoit.

A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.

The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens.

A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.

The whole surface of a leaf.

The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in sunflower.

A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil.

The anterior surface or oral area of coelenterate animals, as of sea anemones.

The lower side of the body of some invertebrates, especially when used for locomotion, when it is often called a creeping disk.

In owls, the space around the eyes.

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Disk Quotations

Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
Fran Lebowitz

A disk unbeknownst to the director can go to the producer in another city or in another office and that producer can edit behind the director's back much easier than in the old days. Since these dailies are now put on videotape, more kinds of people have access to dailies.
John Frankenheimer

I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie because, number one, just from a practical standpoint, with floppy disks and the ability to put all of the film onto a disk, more people have access to the movie.
John Frankenheimer

My favorite laser disk ever was the laser disk for The Graduate, which had a commentary track that wasn't even the filmmakers, it was a professor, some film criticism guy who just happen to be this amazing commentator who went off into the whole theory of comedy.
Jay Roach

The paintings are transferred from my computer to a disk, and I can hand it to the printer this way; or I can modem the painting to the printer over the phone lines from my house in Hawaii.
Buffy Sainte-Marie

Disk Translations

disk in Afrikaans is skyf, plaat
disk in Danish is skive
disk in Dutch is schijf, discus, grammofoonplaat, plaat
disk in Finnish is kiekko
disk in French is disque souple, disque
disk in German is Platte, Diskette
disk in Hungarian is korong
disk in Italian is fetta
disk in Latin is orbis
disk in Portuguese is disco
disk in Spanish is tarazon
disk in Swedish is diskett, skiva

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