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Definition of Discordant

Discordant
Discordant Dis*cord"ant, a. [OE. discordant, descordaunt, OF. descordant, discordant, F. discordant, p. pr. of discorder, OF. also, descorder. See Discord, n.] 1. Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious. The discordant elements out of which the emperor had compounded his realm did not coalesce. --Motley. 2. [See Discord, n., 2. ] (Mus.) Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds. For still their music seemed to start Discordant echoes in each heart. --Longfellow. 3. (Geol.) Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault. Syn: Disagreeing; incongruous; contradictory; repugnant; opposite; contrary; inconsistent; dissonant; harsh; jarring; irreconcilable. -- Dis*cord"ant*ly, adv. -- Dis*cord"ant*ness, n. [R.]

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- Look up discordant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The adjective discordant ('conflicting, disagreeing, at variance') may describe: Discordant rock,...
- A discordant coastline occurs where bands of different rock types run perpendicular to the coast. The differing resistance to erosion leads to the formation...
- covariance, reverse causation and confounding. An example of a positive MZ discordant effect is shown below on the left. The twin who scores higher on trait...
- less than the corresponding elements of the other pair. In contrast, a discordant pair is a pair of two-variable observations such that sgn⁡(X2−X1) =−sgn⁡(Y2−Y1)...
- A serodiscordant relationship, also known as mixed-status, is one where one partner is infected by HIV and the other is not.[needs update] This contrasts...
- Look up discord or discordant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Discord is an online application for messaging and audio/video communication. Discord...
- otherwise they are said to be discordant. The Kendall τ coefficient is defined as: τ=(number of concordant pairs)−(number of discordant pairs)(number of pairs)=1−2(number...
- Liz Clayden and drummer Simon Cook. Their first full-length album was Discordant Dreams and was the first to feature Kim Seviour and Alasdair Melville...
- were discordant - that is, one of the twins had the ability and the other did not. A 1971 study found that identical twins were 18% discordant, and 22%...
- rock is called a stitching pluton. Intrusions are broadly divided into discordant intrusions, which cut across the existing structure of the country rock...