DISCONFORMITY


Meaning of DISCONFORMITY in English

|dis+ noun

Etymology: dis- (I) + conformity

1. archaic : lack of conformity or correspondence : nonconformity — used with to or with

2. : a break in a sequence of sedimentary rocks all of which have approximately the same dip indicating an interruption in sedimentation generally by an interval of erosion — compare diastem 3, unconformity

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