Disk, n.
n. [Gr. δίσκος, Lat. dĭscus, Fr. disque, It. & Sp. disco. See Desk and Dish.] [Often written disc.]
- A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal, or of paper.
- A discus; a quoit.
Some whirl the disk; and some the javelin dart. Pope.
- (Astron.) The face or visible projection of a celestial body.
- (Bot.) (a.) The whole surface of a leaf. (b.) The central part of a radiate compound flower. (c.) A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under or around the pistil.
