dis·cord·ance
dis·cord·ance/ˌdiˈskôrdəns/
noun
- lack of agreement or consistency."the discordance between sales and evidence should be a focus"
- the quality of sounding harsh and jarring because of a lack of harmony."fast songs can go through slow phases, and minor keys and discordance may be employed"
- the occurrence of a trait or disease in only one member of a matched pair of subjects, especially twins."relatively high rates of discordance among identical twins clearly point to the importance of additional factors"
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1. : lack of agreement or harmony : the state or an instance of being discordant.
a discordant state; disagreement; discord. an instance of this. dissonance.
an unpleasant sound or combination of sounds: The third movement failed to impress me and came close to discordance in my ears.
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May 2, 2024 · : being at variance : disagreeing. discordant opinions. b. : quarrelsome. a discordant family.
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strife resulting from a lack of agreement.
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an arrangement of rock strata in which the older underlying ones dip at a different angle from the younger overlying ones; unconformity.
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adjective · being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous: · disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh. · Geology. (of strata) structurally unconformable.
Apr 19, 2018 · in twin studies, dissimilarity between a pair of twins with respect to a particular trait or disease. Compare concordance. —discordant adj.
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/ˈdɪsˌkɔrdnt/ · adjective. not in agreement or harmony. “views discordant with present-day ideas”. synonyms: at variance, discrepant, dissonant. not in accord.