acetate disk phonograph recording disk | a disk coated with cellulose acetate |
air filter air cleaner | a filter that removes dust from the air that passes through it |
brake disk | a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel, pressure is applied to it by the brake pads |
coffee filter | filter (usually of paper) that passes the coffee and retains the coffee grounds |
compact disk compact disc CD | a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record, played back by a laser |
compact-disk burner CD burner | recording equipment for making compact disks |
disk disc | a flat circular plate |
disk access | memory access to the computer disk on which information is stored |
disk brake disc brake | hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk by the brake pads |
disk cache | a cache that stores copies of frequently used disk sectors in random access memory (RAM) so they can be read without accessing the slower disk |
disk clutch | a friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are disks |
disk controller | (computer science) a circuit or chip that translates commands into a form that can control a hard disk drive |
disk drive disc drive hard drive Winchester drive | computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it |
diskette floppy floppy disk | a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit, used to store data or programs for a microcomputer, floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price |
disk harrow disc harrow | a harrow with a series of disks set on edge at an angle |
filter | device that removes something from whatever passes through it |
filter | an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it |
filter bed | filter consisting of a layer of sand or gravel for filtering water |
filter tip | an air filter on the end of a cigarette, contains material that filters the smoke |
filter-tipped cigarette | a cigarette with a filter tip |
fuel filter | a filter in the fuel line that screens out dirt and rust particles from the fuel |
hard disc hard disk fixed disk | a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit |
high-pass filter | a filter that passes frequencies above a certain value and attenuates frequencies below that value |
light filter diffusing screen | a transparent filter that reduces the light (or some wavelengths of the light) passing through it |
low-pass filter | a filter that passes frequencies below a certain value and attenuates frequencies above that value |
magnetic disk magnetic disc disk disc | (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored |
oil filter | a filter that removes impurities from the oil used to lubricate an internalombustion engine |
optical disk optical disc | a disk coated with plastic that can store digital data as tiny pits etched in the surface, is read with a laser that scans the surface |
phonograph record phonograph recording record disk disc platter | sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove, used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove |
RAM disk | (computer science) a virtual drive that is created by setting aside part of the random-access memory to use as if it were a group of sectors, access to a RAM disk is very fast but the data it contains is lost when the system is turned off |
Rayleigh disk | an acoustic radiometer consisting of a light disk suspended from a quartz thread, when exposed to a progressive sound wave its torque can measure velocity |
removable disk | a hard disk that can be removed from the disk drive, removal prevents unauthorized use |
water filter | a filter to remove impurities from the water supply |
circularity disk shape | the roundness of a -dimensional figure |
intervertebral disc intervertebral disk | a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two) |
blind spot optic disc optic disk | the point where the optic nerve enters the retina, not sensitive to light |
disk file | (computer science) a computer file stored on a magnetic disk and identified by a unique label |
DOS disk operating system | an operating system that is on a disk |
MS-DOS Microsoft disk operating system | an operating system developed by Bill Gates for personal computers |
disk error | error resulting from malfunction of a magnetic disk |
disk pack disc pack | (computer science) a portable pack of magnetic disks used in a disk storage device |
disk space disc space | (computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk |
disk overhead overhead | (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing |
disk jockey disc jockey dj | a person who announces and plays popular recorded music |
disk disc saucer | something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate, the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky |
filter paper | a porous unsized paper used for filtering |
disk-jockey disc-jockey DJ | comment on music to be played, He has a job disk-jockeying on the weekend |
percolate sink in permeate filter | pass through, Water permeates sand easily |
filter filtrate strain separate out filter out | remove by passing through a filter, filter out the impurities |
harrow disk | draw a harrow over (land) |