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minidisc

minidisc noun: a disc/disk in MiniDisc format.

Noun (1)

minidisc (plural minidiscs)

  1. A disc/disk in MiniDisc format
  2. A minidisc player or recorder.
    • Jayne K. Guberman (2005), In our own voices ― A guide to conducting life history interviews with American Jewish women, page 20: “Make sure that your minidisc has microphone inputs. Hand-held, high-quality microphones may need a preamplifier to work with a minidisc.”

Noun (2) capitalized: MiniDisc

MiniDisc (countable and uncountable, plural MiniDiscs)

  1. (uncountable) A magnetooptical format for storing digital audio.
    • This convinces me that MiniDisc is a format whose time has come and gone. When MiniDisc first came out, I was very excited at the existence of an erasable disc format for music.1997, Electronic musician, volume 13, numbers 8—12, page 10
    • Or you could buy the FW538 system stack, which Philips sees as CD-RW's big weapon in its lone fight against the rising tide of MiniDisc, for £449.95.1999, High fidelity news and record review, volume 44, numbers 1—12, page 15
  2. (countable) A disk that uses this format.
    • So the recording is real time: To get an hour of music on a MiniDisc, it'll take you an hour. If you go for the MiniDisc and Voquette MiniDisc NetLink solution, you'll probably want to build a collection of MiniDiscs rather than recording music to a MiniDisc temporarily, the way you download music...Guy Hart-Davis, Rhonda Holmes (2000), MP3!, page 387
    • Jim Taylor (2000), DVD demystified, page 388: “Because MiniDiscs are in a shell, they can be handled easily without fear of fingerprints and scratches. MiniDiscs are about 3 inches across, making them very easy to use and to store.”
  3. (countable) A MiniDisc player or recorder.
    • Jon Konrath (2003), Tell Me a Story about the Devil ― Selected Journals, 1997—1999, page 137: “It'll be nice to travel with a MiniDisc, too. A MiniDisc, a GameBoy, a camcorder, a cellphone—I think RoboCop hauled around less gear.”
    • Steve Shipside (2005), Win at the gym, page 28: “I have a MiniDisc which I rest on the treadmill/stepper but it still jogs – how do I stop it?”
    Synonyms:
    MD

Synonyms of minidisc

Forms of minidisc

pluralminidiscs
pluralMiniDiscs

Origin of minidisc

From mini- + disc.

Questions about minidisc

What does minidisc mean?
Minidisc means a disc/disk in MiniDisc format.
What part of speech is minidisc?
Minidisc is a noun.
What is the plural of minidisc?
The plural of minidisc is minidiscs.

Words near minidisc in the dictionary

  1. minidemos
  2. minidictionaries
  3. minidictionary
  4. minidisaster
  5. minidisasters
  6. minidisc
  7. minidiscs
  8. minidish
  9. minidishes
  10. minidisk
  11. minidiskette

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