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discoid
(redirected from disc-shaped)

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discoid [′dis‚kȯid]
(biology)
Being flat and circular in form.
Any structure shaped like a disc.


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An abrasion test, for example places an abrasive wheel over small disc-shaped samples of leather as they revolve on a turntable, and measures damage by sample weight loss and thickness loss at the abrasion site.
She felt nauseous, she said, and then found herself floating out her bedroom window, towards some kind of disc-shaped light.
4-cm) diameter disc-shaped casting was selected to validate the cutting tool wear test concept initially on ASTM A159 G3000 and G1800 gray cast iron grades.
 
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