Discordant

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The adjective discordant ('conflicting, disagreeing, at variance') may describe:

Earth science

• Discordant rock, one that cuts across the existing bedding: as in one of the main types of igneous intrusion, or as in the sedimentary clastic dikes
• Discordant strata, rock layers with mismatches in the geologic record
• Discordant coastline, when the bands of rock run perpendicular to the coast
• Discordant drainage pattern, where the pattern of rivers and streams does not correlate with the underlying geology

Other uses

• Discordant, or dissonant, sounds, in music
• Discordant pair of observations, in statistics
  • Discordant twins, in twin studies
• Serodiscordant relationship, where one of the partners is HIV-positive and the other is not

See also

• Discordianism
• Discord (disambiguation)
• Dissonance (disambiguation)

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