disconformity

(dis′kən fôrmə tē, dis-)

noun

  1. Archaic lack of conformity
  2. Geol. a type of unconformity with parallel layers of rock strata

Origin: ML disconformitas: see dis- & conformity

See disconformity in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. dis·con·form·i·ties
  1. Geology A type of unconformity in which the rock layers are parallel.
  2. Refusal or failure to conform; nonconformity.

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