What (who) is discus - definition
DISCUS
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DATA COMPRESSION ALGORITHM
Discus thrower; Discus throwing; Discus; Discus Throw; Discuss throw; Threw the discus; Throw the discus
DISCUS, or distributed source coding using syndromes, is a method for distributed source coding. It is a compression algorithm used to compress correlated data sources.
discus
DATA COMPRESSION ALGORITHM
Discus thrower; Discus throwing; Discus; Discus Throw; Discuss throw; Threw the discus; Throw the discus
['d?sk?s]
¦ noun (plural discuses)
1. a heavy thick-centred disc thrown by an athlete, in ancient Greek games or in modern field events.
2. a small colourful South American freshwater fish with a rounded laterally compressed body. [Genus Symphysodon: several species.]
Origin
via L. from Gk diskos.
discus
DATA COMPRESSION ALGORITHM
Discus thrower; Discus throwing; Discus; Discus Throw; Discuss throw; Threw the discus; Throw the discus
(discuses)
1.
A discus is a heavy circular object which athletes try to throw as far as they can as a sport.
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2.
The discus is the sport of throwing a discus.
He won the discus at the Montreal Olympics.
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Pronunciation examples for discus
1. looks like the Greek discus.
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2. So she went in search of this elusive discus fish.
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3. It was a fish called the discus, which
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4. We discus this a lot in the book,
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5. other implements, so which one – the hammer,
javelin, discus, or shot – gets thrown with
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Examples of use of discus
1. Chidambaram told a business conference that he has already discus...
2. Now Sabrina is throwing a shot put, discus and javelin.
3. I‘d like to discus the latest developments in Iraq.
4. Id like to discus the latest developments in Iraq.
5. Olympic gold–medal discus thrower Al Oerter died in Fort Myers, Fla., at age 71.