Concordant

//kəŋˈkɔː(ɹ)dənt// adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Agreeing or harmonious; consistent (with).

    "Even in the case of direct effect, different factors, such as light, temperature, turgor, and so on, are undergoing independent variations; it may thus happen that their reactions may sometimes be concordant and at other times discordant."

  2. 2
    Intruding parallel to the bedding.

    "Other forms of concordant intrusions, some of which will be commented upon in this chapter are shown in Fig. 3. 1(6)."

  3. 3
    Preserving the sign.
Adjective
  1. 1
    being of the same opinion wordnet
  2. 2
    in keeping wordnet

Example

More examples

"Even in the case of direct effect, different factors, such as light, temperature, turgor, and so on, are undergoing independent variations; it may thus happen that their reactions may sometimes be concordant and at other times discordant."

Etymology

French concordant, from Latin concordans, present participle of concordare. See concord.

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