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DISC-SHAPED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disc-shaped mean?
• DISC-SHAPED (adjective)
The adjective DISC-SHAPED has 1 sense:
1. having a flat circular shape
Familiarity information: DISC-SHAPED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a flat circular shape
Synonyms:
disc-shaped; disclike; discoid; discoidal; disk-shaped; disklike
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Context examples
An irregular, disc-shaped element in the blood that assists in blood clotting.
(Platelet, NCI Thesaurus)
These disc-shaped cells are filtered by the spleen based on their physical characteristics.
(How the spleen keeps blood healthy, NIH)
Similar to Voyager 1 and 2's historic observations, New Horizons also is on a path toward potential discoveries in the Kuiper Belt, which is a disc-shaped region of icy objects past the orbit of Neptune, and other unexplored realms of the outer solar system and beyond.
(NASA Pluto-Bound Spacecraft Crosses Neptune's Orbit, NASA)
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