disconformity

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

dis- +‎ conformity

Noun[edit]

disconformity (countable and uncountable, plural disconformities)

  1. (geology) A type of unconformity in which erosion or lack of deposition has occurred between two parallel sedimentary strata.
  2. (religion) nonconformity