Meanings
nounoptical disc (plural optical discs)
plural optical discs
- computer hardwareA modern data storage medium consisting of a flat disc read mechanically by illumination with laser light, including the Laserdisc, compact disc, DVD, and Blu-ray.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna 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
Similar
Broader
memory devicestorage device
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian опти́чен диск
- опти́чен диск (optíčen disk)data storage medium
Chinese Cantonese 光碟
- 光碟data storage medium
Chinese Mandarin 碟片, 光盤 /光盘
- 碟片 (diépiàn)data storage medium
- 光盤 /光盘 (guāngpán)data storage medium
- 光碟 (guāngdié)data storage medium
Esperanto lumdisko
- lumdiskodata storage medium
Finnish optinen levy
- optinen levydata storage medium
French disque optique
- disque optiquedata storage medium
Greek οπτικός δίσκος
- οπτικός δίσκος (optikós dískos)data storage medium
Italian disco ottico
- disco otticodata storage medium
Polish dysk optyczny
- dysk optycznydata storage medium
Romanian disc optic
- disc opticdata storage medium
Spanish disco óptico
- disco ópticodata storage medium
Turkish optik disk
- optik diskdata storage medium
Vietnamese đĩa quang
- đĩa quangdata storage medium
Cite this entry
APA
optical disc. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optical%20disc
MLA
“optical disc.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optical%20disc. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “optical disc,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optical%20disc.
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