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(storage, spelling) British spelling of 'disk', normally only used for 'compact disc'. (1995-07-30)
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[band] Disc is an experimental group formed by Miguel Depedro (Kid606), Jason Doerck (J Lesser), M. C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel (Matmos). The group was most active between 1997 and 1999. To produce their sound, digital media (DATs, CDs) were etched and painted, or used in broken players to pr...
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[galaxy] A disc is a component of disc galaxies, such as spiral galaxies, or lenticular galaxies. The galactic disc is the plane in which the spirals, bars and discs of disc galaxies exist. Galaxy discs tend to have more gas and dust, and younger stars than galactic bulges, or galactic haloe...
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the flattened head and body of various fishes such as stingrays, which also commonly includes the pectoral and ventral fins
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abbreviation: discontinue
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Of Valsa and related fungi: a more or less flat apical part of a stroma that protrudes above the bark surface; also, of Discomycetes: the exposed fertile portion of an apothecium.
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pertaining to the head, pectoral fins, and trunk of a ray.
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Front plate of a sprayer nozzle having a central orifice.
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Same as Disk. This spelling is usually used with 'Compact Disc'.
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Used to describe vinyl discs, CDs and MiniDiscs.
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A circle together with its interior. See also: Circle.
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Defence Intelligence and Security Centre. Dissolved as an agency on 1 April 2005.
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A flat, circular, coin shaped structure.
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Disc: Shortened terminology for an intervertebral disc, a disk-shaped piece of specialized tissue that separates the bones of the spinal column. The center of a disc, called the nucleus, is soft, springy and receives the shock of standing, walking, running, etc. The outer ring of the disc, called th...
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The spelling variation of 'disk' referring to compact discs such as Photo CD or other CD-ROM.
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Disconnect, command frame sent between LLC entities, layer 2.
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(= death-inducing signalling complex) See death-effector domain.
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Disc noun [ See Disk , Dish .] A flat round plate ; (Biol.) A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disc , a germinal disc , etc. Same as Disk .
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<plant biology> A plate or rim of tissue, derived from the receptacle of a flower, occurring between whorls of floral parts. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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See: Domestic International Sales Corporation
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(disk) disk. embryonic disc , germ disc , germinal disc a flattened round bilaminar plate of cells in the blastocyst of a mammal, where the first traces of the embryo are seen; called also embryonic or germinal area.
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• (n.) A flat round plate • (n.) A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc. Same as Disk.
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disc, disk (noun) 1. A thin, flat, circular object or plate. 2. The disk used in a disc brake. 3. A disk used on a disk harrow for agricultural purposes. 4. A magnetic disk; such as, a floppy disk or hard disk; the data stored on such a disk: 'The instructions suggested that we read the disk that...
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disc, disk; discing, disking (verb) 1. To work (soil) with a disk harrow. 2. To make (a recording) on a phonograph record.
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DISC
Domestic International Sales Corporation
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