(US also disk)
¦ noun
1. a flat, thin circular object.
dated a gramophone record.
(discs) 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 disc on which data is stored either magnetically or optically (as on a CD-ROM).
3. (also intervertebral disc) 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
discless adjective
Origin
C17: from Fr.
disque or L.
discus (see
discus).