| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Want of conformity or correspondence; inconsistency; disagreement.[Websters]. | |
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Date "DISCONFORMITY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1644. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DISCONFORMITY
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] Want of agreement or conformity; inconsistency.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Mining | An unconformity in which the bedding planes above and below are essentially parallel, indicating a considerable interval of erosion (or sometimes of nondeposition), and usually marked by a visible and irregular or uneven erosion surface of appreciable relief. The term formerly included what is now known as paraconformity. Syn: parallel unconformity; nonangular unconformity. See also: angular unconformity. (references) | ||
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