It took only a few seconds to resolve itself into a disc-shaped forward section, with two cylindrical units trailing behind. ❋ David A. McIntee (2011)
Because they're hard to find at home, when I'm in Liguria I look for dried croxetti—a traditional disc-shaped pasta embossed with intricate designs—and croxetti stamps also known as corzetti stamps, which are the hand-carved wooden molds used to make them. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Later, tool-shaped coins began to be replaced by disc-shaped ones which are also cast in bronze and marked with inscriptions. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Sales of lemon, sugar and ready-made pancake batter aren't enough: this could be a day for the exchange of all sorts of disc-shaped objects. ❋ Unknown (2011)
In 2007, Eren replicated the making of Neanderthal disc-shaped tools, or "flakes," and found they were in some ways more efficient than Homo sapiens 'blade-based tools. ❋ Marc Kaufman (2010)
Every year more than 3,500 people swallow button or disc-shaped batteries, according to Litovitz's center, an independent group affiliated with George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Lithium cell batteries at least 20 millimeters in diameter, a little bigger than a penny, are the riskiest. ❋ Unknown (2010)
CLEANING UP: First there was the Roomba, the disc-shaped robot that vacuums floors. ❋ Unknown (2009)
To combat the danger, each patrol is led by an engineer with a mine detector, a long wand with a disc-shaped sensor at one end and headphones at the other. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The goal is to implant a disc-shaped layer of the cells behind the retina. ❋ Unknown (2009)
At the far end of the walkway Block and Tackle were busy mounting a large disc-shaped object to the central column. ❋ Mark Walden (2009)
Viaskin is a dry, disc-shaped cutaneous device system that holds an active ingredient in powder form on an electrically charged plastic film that only delivers it when Viaskin is placed on the skin. ❋ Steve Carper (2007)
In 2002, engineers applied what they'd learned building the SC Johnson floor-cleaner to a disc-shaped bot they called the Roomba. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Their flattened, disc-shaped bodies and the tapered edges of their carapace allow them to blend in almost indistinguishably with the mud bottom of rivers and lakes. ❋ Unknown (2008)
In fact, NEWSWEEK has learned, the U.N. team's photographs of the fleeing Iraqi convey clearly showed disc-shaped machine components that fit the description of a calutron's innards. ❋ Unknown (2008)
