Definition of Disks. Meaning of Disks. Synonyms of Disks

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Definition of Disks

Disk
Disk Disk, n. [L. discus, Gr. ?. See Dish.] [Written also disc.] 1. A discus; a quoit. Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart. --Pope. 2. A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper. 3. (Astron.) The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens. 4. (Biol.) A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc. 5. (Bot.) (a) The whole surface of a leaf. (b) The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in sunflower. (c) A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil. 6. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The anterior surface or oral area of c[oe]lenterate animals, as of sea anemones. (b) The lower side of the body of some invertebrates, especially when used for locomotion, when it is often called a creeping disk. (c) In owls, the space around the eyes. Disk engine, a form of rotary steam engine. Disk shell (Zo["o]l.), any species of Discina.

Meaning of Disks from wikipedia

- disc or disk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Disc or disk may refer to: Disk (mathematics), a two dimensional shape, the interior of a circle Disk storage...
- spinning disk. The three most po****r (and commercially available) floppy disks are the 8-inch, 5¼-inch, and 3½-inch floppy disks. Floppy disks store digital...
- other and an accretion disk forms instead. Accretion disks surrounding T Tauri stars or Herbig stars are called protoplanetary disks because they are thought...
- oldest protoplanetary disk yet discovered is 25 million years old. Protoplanetary disks around T Tauri stars differ from the disks surrounding the primary...
- motor that spins the disks and an actuator (motor) that positions the read/write head ****embly across the spinning disks. The disk motor has an external...
- data was stored on magnetic disks with variable length blocks, called records; record length could vary on and between disks. Capacity decreased as record...
- of three rods and a number of disks of various diameters, which can slide onto any rod. The puzzle begins with the disks stacked on one rod in order of...
- Floppy disks remained a po****r medium for nearly 40 years, but their use was declining by the mid- to late 1990s. After 2000, floppy disks were increasingly...
- RAID (/reɪd/; redundant array of inexpensive disks or redundant array of independent disks) is a data storage virtualization technology that combines...
- C****ettes, Majors Say". Billboard. Kozinn, Allan (December 1988). "Have Compact Disks Become Too Much of a Good Thing?". The New York Times. Introducing the amazing...