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unconformity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From un- + conformity.

Meanings

  1. (countable, nonstandard, uncountable) A lack of conformity.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A gap in the stratigraphic record at a site, resulting from erosion having outpaced deposition over the interval in question.

Forms

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unconformities Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

conformity · conformity

Deriveds

postunconformity · angular unconformity

Hyponyms

disobedience · unorthodoxy · rebelliousness

Relateds

nonconformity · disconformity · nonconform

Synonyms

unconformity · unconventionality · discompliance · uncompliance · nonconformance · violation · enormity · inconformity · disconformity · transgression · noncompliance · nonconformity