🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

디스크 모양

Pronunciation / Transliteration: diseukeu moyang

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Discoid/ˈdɪs.kɔɪd/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 물체의 디스크 모양은 흥미로웠다."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having the shape of a disk.

    "The discoid shape of the ancient coin made it easy to identify."
As noun
  1. 1

    A disk-shaped object or structure.

    "The scientist examined the discoid found in the sediment."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'discoid' originates from the Latin word 'discus', meaning 'disk' or 'disk-shaped', combined with the suffix '-oid', which denotes similarity or shape. The term has been used in English since the early 19th century to describe objects that are disk-like in form.

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