noun.
A thin, flat, circularplate or similar object.
noun.
An intervertebral disc.
noun.
Something resembling a disc.
noun.
A vinylphonograph / gramophonerecord.
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noun.
a flat circular plate
noun.
something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
noun.
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
noun.
sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
Word Usage
"On the other hand, _after_ opposition, (i.) the shadows travel _behind_ the satellites in transiting the disc; (ii.) the satellites are occulted by the _disc_; (iii.) they reappear from eclipse in Jupiter's _shadow_."