MiniDisc

See also: minidisc

English

Etymology

mini- +‎ disc

Noun

MiniDisc (countable and uncountable, plural MiniDiscs)

1. (uncountable) A magnetooptical format for storing digital audio.
   • 1997, Electronic musician, volume 13, numbers 8—12, page 10:

     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.

   • 1999, High fidelity news and record review, volume 44, numbers 1—12, page 15:

     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.
2. (countable) A disk that uses this format.
3. (countable) A MiniDisc player or recorder.

Synonyms

• MD
• minidisc

See also

• minidisk