Definition of Optical disk

1. Noun. A disk coated with plastic that can store digital data as tiny pits etched in the surface; is read with a laser that scans the surface.

Exact synonyms: Optical Disc
Specialized synonyms: Cd, Compact Disc, Compact Disk, Dvd, Videodisc, Videodisk
Generic synonyms: Memory Device, Storage Device

Lexicographical Neighbors of Optical Disk

optical aberration
optical activity
optical antipode
optical art
optical astronomy
optical axis
optical bench
optical character recognition
optical condenser
optical crown
optical density
optical device
optical diffraction
optical disc
optical discs
optical disk (current term)
optical double
optical drive
optical fiber
optical fibers
optical fibre
optical flat
optical flint
optical fusion
optical illusion
optical illusions
optical image
optical index
optical instrument

Literary usage of Optical disk

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Measurements for Competitiveness in Electronics (1994)
"Table 77 Forecasted Production of Optical Memories by Japan () optical disk Equipment Forecast- Growth ($billions) (percent) audio compact disk 4.2 17 video ..."

2. Laboratory Projects in Physics: A Manual of Practical Experiments for Beginners by Frederick F. Good (1920)
"Place the optical disk in the path of the direct rays of the sun, letting the light shine through one or more narrow slots producing the paths of isolated ..."

3. Mirrors, Prisms and Lenses: A Text-book of Geometrical Optics by James Powell Cocke Southall (1918)
"The relation between the angles of incidence and refraction can be very strikingly exhibited with the aid of the optical disk that was mentioned in § 13 in ..."

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