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discordance

/dis-kawr-dns/US // dɪsˈkɔr dns //UK // (dɪsˈkɔːdəns) //

不和谐,不协调,不一致,不和谐因素

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a discordant state; disagreement; discord.
    • : an instance of this.
    • : dissonance.
    • : Geology. lack of parallelism between adjacent strata, as in an angular unconformity.
    • : the degree of dissimilarity in a pair of twins with respect to the presence or absence of a disease or trait.

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Examples

  • This high-low discordance often is seen in tropical medicine.

  • On the other hand, discordance between the clocks in DNA and those in rocks can also be the source of new predictions.

  • He did not understand the deep underlying dissent that made a cruel discordance in his desire for her happiness.

  • Elsewhere, we feel, though we cannot explain it to ourselves, a certain discordance between the race and the soil.

  • The mountain rarely gives unity of country; far more frequently, duality, discordance, actual diversity.

  • But a further difficulty arises from the discordance of the results of different experiments.

  • Such irreconcilable discordance in the primary elements of their character forbids the thought of their amalgamation.

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