( US also disk )
■ noun
1》 a flat, thin circular object.
↘ dated a gramophone record.
↘( ~s ) one of the suits in some tarot packs, corresponding to coins in others.
2》 ( disk ) an information storage device for a computer comprising a rotatable ~ on which data is stored either magnetically or optically (as on a CD-ROM).
3》 (also intervertebral ~ ) a layer of cartilage separating adjacent vertebrae in the spine.
4》 Botany the central part of the flower of a daisy or other composite plant, consisting of a close-packed cluster of tubular florets.
Derivatives
~less adjective
Origin
C17: from Fr. disque or L. ~us (see ~us ).