Sentence examples for as a flat disk from inspiring English sources

According to Greek cosmological concepts, the Earth was viewed as a flat disk afloat on the river of Ocean.

In fact, during the 6th century Constantine of Antioch created a "Christian topography" depicting the Earth as a flat disk.

Although Hecataeus regarded the Earth as a flat disk surrounded by ocean, Herodotus and his followers questioned the concept and proposed a number of other possible forms.

This Saturday, Hughes will climb aboard and launch himself and the rocket up into the air, hoping to move one step closer to demonstrating, once and for all, that the world as we know it is actually a flat disk with a giant wall of ice around it, the Associated Press reports.

The photo shows the plane of the Milky Way, which is often described as looking like two fried eggs back-to-back, with a flat disk in the middle.

Portions come carefully arranged on a large round central tray lined with injera, a flat disk of spongy bread.

At some point, centrifugal force caused the globe to flash into a flat disk, which grew larger with continued spinning.

The trick involves positioning a flat disk, smaller than a DVD, about 10cm in front of the torpedo's nose tip.

Gravity and angular momentum herd the leftover material around the protostar into a flat disk.

Researchers have long debated how close in gas giant planets form from a flat disk of primordial gas and dust.

Classic spiral galaxies consist of a flat disk studded with billions of stars that are concentrated in huge arms.