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disk

[disk] / dɪsk /


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If a magnetic field was present, Weiss and his colleagues reasoned, it should have left a lasting imprint on some of the material forming within the disk.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

Four smaller masses were located inside the carousel on a disk suspended from a copper-beryllium ribbon about as thick as a human hair.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Planets can then grow from material left over around the newborn star, gradually gathering matter and shaping paths through the surrounding disk.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

The impact destroyed Theia and sent its remains into orbit around Earth, creating a disk of debris that eventually assembled into the Moon.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

When he unfolded the cloth, Lyra saw something like a large watch or a small clock: a thick disk of gold and crystal.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

One memorandum from the FBI's legal attache in London, sent two weeks later, noted there were a "number of videos, floppy disks and documentation still to be viewed".

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Its Coronagraph Instrument will block and filter the light from stars so astronomers can study exoplanets and disks around them.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

It had four kilobytes of memory, a black-and-white monitor and used floppy disks that truly flopped when you shook them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Beta Pictoris d avoided detection for years because it is embedded within one of the brightest debris disks astronomers have ever observed.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026

My kimbap is beautiful, sliced into neat disks that I can’t wait to devour.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan




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