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Meanings of compact disc in English

Russian
компакт-диск
Portuguese
cd
Catalan
cd
Spanish
cd
Wikidata

A digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser.

        компакт-диск
        Usage of compact disc in English
        1
        The cabinet contained books, a TV, and an extensive compact disc collection.
        Grave Secrets
        2
        Benelux Manufacturing, which made compact disc covers, opened in Limavady 12 months ago.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Want to know why the compact disc is far from dead?
        The Irish Times
        4
        Music was provided by means of a portable compact disc machine with headphones.
        Pubmed
        5
        Prominent users also receive a free Philips CD-i ( compact disc interactive) player.
        Wired
        6
        As artists and as people, we're no more future-proof than a foil-plated compact disc.
        Wired
        7
        No point in replacing it, I told her, the compact disc is almost obsolete technology.
        The Irish Times
        8
        In Japan, 85% of music is still purchased on compact disc.
        Wired
        9
        But in Japan, the compact disc is still king.
        The Irish Times
        10
        Yes, the compact disc is celebrating its birthday of sorts, and it's been a good run.
        Wired
        11
        Five said they had a digital music player and two said they copied a compact disc.
        Wired
        12
        Then both were replaced by the compact disc.
        The Irish Times
        13
        IT is now over a decade since the compact disc became the dominant medium for recorded music.
        The Irish Times
        14
        The best, to this man's mind, is a CD or compact disc of the singing of nightingales.
        The Irish Times
        15
        Gone is the legendary icon of a compact disc, replaced by a blue bubble containing a music note.
        Wired
        16
        Everyone with a radio or a compact disc player has probably heard a Zildjian cymbal thousands of times .
        The Irish Times
        This collocation consists of:
        Translations for compact disc
        Compact disc through the time
        Compact disc across language varieties
        Ireland
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common