Sekirov Dictionary

discordant

UK /dɪsˈkɔːdn̩t/US /dɪsˈkoɹdənt/

adjective 8
noun 1
forms 3

adjective8

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Not in accord or harmony; conflicting, incompatible.
- Thy senate is a scene of civil jar, / Chaos of contrarieties at vvar, / VVhere sharp and solid, phlegmatic and light, / Discordant atoms meet, ferment and fight, […] — 1781
Of people: disagreeing with each other; dissenting, quarrelsome.
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Of sounds: harsh, jarring; specifically (music), of musical notes or tunes: not in harmony; dissonant, inharmonious.
- VVar, vvith discordant Notes and jarring Noise, / The Harmony of Peace destroys. — 1701
Of two similar subjects, especially twins: differing in some characteristic.
Ellipsis of serodiscordant (“of a couple: with one partner HIV positive and the other HIV negative”).
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Of a rock formation or other land feature, or its alignment: cutting across or transverse to neighbouring features.
- Dikes may be discordant to country rock if they intrude at a high angle to the bedding.
Of a coastline: having bands of different types of rock running transversely to the coast, leading to the formation of alternating bays and headlands.
Of figures, etc.: having opposite signs (for example, positive and negative).

noun[in the plural]1

A thing which is not in accord or harmony with one or more other things.

forms

discordants · more discordant · most discordant

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