disc Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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
    phonograph recording; platter; phonograph record; record; disk.
  2. noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
    disk; saucer.
    • the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky
  3. noun (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
    disk; magnetic disk; magnetic disc.
  4. noun a flat circular plate
    disk.

WordNet

Disc noun
Etymology
See Disk, Dish.
Definitions
  1. A flat round plate; (Biol.) a circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc. Same as Disk.

Webster 1913