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disconformity

[dis-kuh n-fawr-mi-tee]
noun, plural dis·con·form·i·ties.
  1. Geology. the surface of a division between parallel rock strata, indicating interruption of sedimentation: a type of unconformity.
  2. Archaic. nonconformity.
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Origin of disconformity

First recorded in 1595–1605; dis-1 + conformity
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Examples from the Web for disconformity

Historical Examples

  • Where disconformity has place it may be clear or not clear of contradiction.

    Not Paul, But Jesus

    Jeremy Bentham

  • Between Acts account and Paul's 1st or supposed unstudied account, no disconformity worth remarking.

    Not Paul, But Jesus

    Jeremy Bentham

British Dictionary definitions for disconformity

disconformity

noun plural -ties
  1. lack of conformity; discrepancy
  2. the junction between two parallel series of stratified rocks, representing a considerable period of erosion of the much older underlying rocks before the more recent ones were deposited
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disconformity in Science

disconformity

[dĭs′kən-fôr′mĭ-tē]
  1. A type of unconformity in which the successive strata are parallel.
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