disconformity

[ dis-kuhn-fawr-mi-tee ]

noun

, plural dis·con·form·i·ties.

1. Geology. the surface of a division between parallel rock strata, indicating interruption of sedimentation: a type of unconformity.
2. Archaic. nonconformity.

disconformity

/ ˌdɪskənˈfɔːmɪtɪ /

noun

1. lack of conformity; discrepancy
2. the junction between two parallel series of stratified rocks, representing a considerable period of erosion of the much older underlying rocks before the more recent ones were deposited

disconformity

/ dĭs′kən-fôr′mĭ-tē /

1. A type of unconformity in which the successive strata are parallel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of disconformity¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; dis- ¹ + conformity

Example Sentences

We found a widely diffused state of disconformity, held back in its practical consequences by collective fear, by economic ambitions and, above all, by the dearth of clear, constructive ideals .

From Time Magazine Archive

The latter can neither be true nor false; the only character it is susceptible of is that of conformity or disconformity to the ordinary usage of language.”

From Project Gutenberg

Since names and their signification are entirely arbitrary, such propositions are not, strictly speaking, susceptible of truth or falsity, but only of conformity or disconformity to usage or convention; and all the proof they are capable of, is proof of usage; proof that the words have been employed by others in the acceptation in which the speaker or writer desires to use them.

From Project Gutenberg

Saith not the Bishop himself elsewhere of the Papists,563 “In the sacrament they kneel to the sign,” whereby he would prove a disconformity between their kneeling and ours; for we kneel, saith he, “by the sacrament to the thing signified.”

From Project Gutenberg

Verily, that people should be taught that the disconformity between the Papists and us is not so much in any external use of ceremonies, as in the substance of the service and object whereunto they are applied.

From Project Gutenberg