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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.
Specialized synonyms: Cd, Compact Disc, Compact Disk, Dvd, Videodisc, Videodisk
Generic synonyms: Memory Device, Storage Device
Lexicographical Neighbors of Optical Disk
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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