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Meaning of disculus compactus | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B2
[ˈdɪs.kʊ.ɫʊs kɔmˈpak.tʊs]

Definitions

  1. compact disc
    declension-2, masculine
  2. Equivalent to 'compact disc': A kind of plastic optical disc used to store audio or digital data, read by a laser in a drive.

Equivalents

English compact disc

Examples

“...quales sunt: radiophonum, telehorama, cinematographeum, musica et cantiones, ipsaque nova media, ut sunt disculi compacti seu CD, disculi visionis digitalis seu DVD, interrete, etc.”

...such as: radio, television, the cinema, music and song, and the new media themselves, such as: compact discs or CDs, digital video discs or DVDs, the internet, and so on.

““Nē mī aberrēs, Vudī,...,” īnfit Zoltan adulēscentulum (amictum ātrā subūculā palliī in longitūdinem, barbarō dictō “Skül Mob” dēpictā) casside VR vecteque lūsōriō armāns dum simul pūblicae praesidet īnsepctiōnī crystallōrum pȳramidulārumque et disculī compactī cui nōmen “Encyclopaedīa Nova Carcinōmatogenōrum Domesticōrum” atque alterīus disculī cui titulus “Cyber-Venus ad Gurdōnicōs” necnōn et disculōrum soniferōrum valdē varia gerentium, […]”

"Don't distract me, Vudius...," said young Zoltan (dressed in a long black Skül Mob shirt) equipping himself with a VR helmet and controller while simultaneously watching over the open inspection of pyramidal crystals and a compact disc titled "New Encyclopedia of Residential Carcinogens" and another disc titled "Cyber-Venus to Gurdonicos" and also audio discs bearing many other things...

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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