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disced

disced is the simple past and past participle of disc.

Meaning of disc

Verb

disc (third-person singular simple present discs, present participle discing, simple past and past participle disced)

  1. To harrow with a disc harrow.
    • It is held that discing is as much value to lucerne as cultivation is to corn.1901 October 11, “Discing Lucerne”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 16, page 488
  2. To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airflow and maximizing the drag generated by the propeller.
    • In the air, the asymmetric drag generated by a discing propeller can result in loss of control of the airplane.

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Questions about disced

What is disced the simple past and past participle of?
Disced is the simple past and past participle of disc.

Words near disced in the dictionary

  1. discectomize
  2. discectomized
  3. discectomizes
  4. discectomizing
  5. discectomy
  6. disced
  7. discede
  8. discention
  9. discept
  10. disceptation
  11. disceptations

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