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View synonyms for discordance

discordance

[ dis-kawr-dns ]

noun

  1. a discordant state; disagreement; discord.
  2. an instance of this.
  3. Geology. lack of parallelism between adjacent strata, as in an angular unconformity.
  4. (in genetic studies) the degree of dissimilarity in a pair of twins with respect to the presence or absence of a disease or trait.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of discordance1

1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French discordaunce, descordance; discord, -ance

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