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

One was a burned compact disk taken from his bedroom, containing a copy of Cassim’s résumé, on which, in the “Properties” tab, Microsoft Word had automatically included the name of the document’s author: Kali.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 20, 2015

This is the music that always sounds crisper on a compact disk.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai