compact disk
Example Sentences
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The Milky Way is a typical 'disk' galaxy, which a shape similar to a pancake or compact disk, rotating about its centre and often containing spiral arms.
From Science Daily • Sep. 22, 2023
Instead of moving back and forth across under the camera, the disk moves in a spiral, akin to how a compact disk is played, which speeds up imaging.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 14, 2022
Prominent geneticist Walter Gilbert would begin his public lectures by pulling out a compact disk and proclaiming "This is you!"
From Salon • May 30, 2021
The chief advantage of the compact disk over the MP3 was the satisfaction of owning a physical object.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 20, 2015
Many musical compositions never make it to paper, forever sentenced to tape or compact disk.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
