DISCONFORMITY


Meaning of DISCONFORMITY in English

/dis'keuhn fawr"mi tee/ , n. , pl. disconformities .

1. Geol. the surface of a division between parallel rock strata, indicating interruption of sedimentation: a type of unconformity.

2. Archaic. nonconformity.

[ 1595-1605; DIS- 1 + CONFORMITY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .