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Definition: Compact Disk |
Compact DiskNoun1. A recording that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Compact DiskSynonym: compact disc (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Record | Compact disk; floppy disk, diskette; hard disk, Winchester disk; read-only memory, ROM; write once read mostly memory, WORM. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Compact Disk |
| English words defined with "compact disk": CD-ROM, compact disc read-only memory. (references) |
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Economic History | Bulgaria | Until recently, Bulgaria was the largest source of compact disk (music) and CD-ROM piracy in Europe and was one of the world's leading exporters of pirated goods. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "compact disk": compact disk player. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "compact disk"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 激光"片 (CD), 光碟 (CD). (various references) | |
Czech | kompaktní deska. (various references) | |
German | Kompaktplatte (CD). (various references) | |
Greek | CD (CD). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | シーソー遊び (CD, CD-ROM, ceiling, ceiling lamp, centralized traffic control, coelacanth, computerized typesetting system, consumer price index, consumer price survey, CPI, CPS, CTC, CTS, fielding practice, maximum amount to allot for a budget, Sea Beam, sea berth, Sea Chicken, sea utopia, seafood, seahorse, Sealab, seamless, seat, seat belt, seat cover, seat warmer, seed, seesaw, series, sheet, sheet feeder, sheet pile, skiers' greeting meaning "Good skiing!"). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | シーディー (CD). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ompactcay iskday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cd (cd), disco compacto. (various references) | |
Russian | лазерный диск. (various references) | |
Spanish | disco compacto (cd, disc, disk). (various references) | |
Swedish | kompaktskiva (compact disc). (various references) | |
Welsh | crynoddisg. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-i-k-m-o-p-s-t" | |
-3 letters: apomicts, coadmits, cockpits, comatiks, compacts, spiccato. | |
-4 letters: apomict, atomics, cactoid, coadmit, cockpit, comatic, comatik, compact, dacoits, dakoits, diatoms, impacts, impasto, mastoid, mikados, octadic, osmatic, potamic, psoatic, somatic. | |
-5 letters: accost, admits, adopts, amidst, atomic, atopic, cadmic, campos, capsid, coacts, coapts, coatis, comics, compts, cosmic, dacoit, dakoit, diatom, dicast, dicots, impact, impost, kismat, mascot, mastic. | |
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