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Compact Disk

Definition: Compact Disk

Compact Disk

Noun

1. 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 Disk

Synonym: compact disc (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Compact Disk

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Compact Disk

English words defined with "compact disk": CD-ROM, compact disc read-only memory. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Compact Disk

DomainTitle

Books

  • Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Part One: Four Audio Compact Disk Set [ABRIDGED] (reference)

  • Compact Disk; Vol I for use with The Development Of Western Music (reference)

  • L'Avare, book and compact disk (in French) (reference)

  • Les Fleurs du Mal on Compact Disk (reference)

  • Let's Review: Spanish With Compact Disk (Barron's Review Course Series) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Computer & Internet Lawcast - Compact Disk (reference)

  • Employment & Labor Lawcast - Compact Disk (reference)

  • Music Alive - Compact Disk Ed - Audio Cd (reference)

  • Corporate Counsel Lawcast - Compact Disk (reference)

  • Intellectual Property Lawcast - Compact Disk (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Compact Disk

Computer Images:
Compact Disk

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Non-Fiction Usage: Compact Disk

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Expression: Compact Disk

Expression using "compact disk": compact disk player. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Compact Disk

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

compact disk

68

compact disk history

9

compact disk logo

6

video compact disk

4

compact disk player

4

sony compact disk player

4

card compact disk flash scan

3

compact disk flash scan

3

compact disk made

3

compact disk music

3

compact disk picture

2

compact disk storage

2

used compact disk

2

compact disk world

2

compact disk case

2

compact disk label

2

compact disk holder

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Compact Disk

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.

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Anagrams: Compact Disk

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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