compact disk
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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
Some are already delivered together with a tape cassette or compact disk, to be heard rather than read, to be seen rather than to engage the reader's mind.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
