Crossword clues for discoid
discoid
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Discoid \Dis"coid\, a. [Gr. ? quoit-shaped, ? a round plate, quoit + e'i^dos form, shape: cf. F. disco["i]de. See Disk.] Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus.
Discoid flower (Bot.), a compound flower, consisting of tubular florets only, as a tansy, lacking the rays which are seen in the daisy and sunflower.
Discoid \Dis"coid\, n. Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell.
Wiktionary
a. Of, pertaining to, or shaped like a disc / disk
WordNet
Wikipedia
Discoid may refer to:
- Disk (mathematics), the region in a plane enclosed by a circle
Usage examples of "discoid".
Looking up, I saw that a small air-vessel, of discoid form, surrounded with turning wheels and pointed wings that whirred like the sails of a windmill, was desceading toward us and was hovering just above the time-machine.
Another was the Flügelrad (literally flying saucer), a discoid aircraft designed by Viktor Schauberger, powered by electromagnetic energy and capable of speeds in excess of 2000 km/hr.
Before him lay a discoid device of strange design, wires trailing from it at one end, symbols etched into its flat surface.