DISK SHAPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disk shape mean? 

• DISK SHAPE (noun)
  The noun DISK SHAPE has 1 sense:

1. the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure

  Familiarity information: DISK SHAPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISK SHAPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The roundness of a 2-dimensional figure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

circularity; disk shape

Hypernyms ("disk shape" is a kind of...):

roundness (the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disk shape"):

concentricity (the quality of having the same center (as circles inside one another))

eccentricity (a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path)

 Context examples 

Planets form from debris orbiting in a disk shape around a star; small pieces of debris can stick together and grow larger over time.

(Comet Provides New Clues to Origins of Earth's Oceans, NASA)