"discordance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: discordances [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French discordance. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|discordance}} Middle French discordance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} discordance (countable and uncountable, plural discordances)
  1. A state of being discordant; disagreement, inconsistency. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of discord): несъответствие (nesǎotvetstvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), eripuraisuus (Finnish), yhteensopimattomuus (Finnish), diskordanssi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-discordance-en-noun-M6rfz6Eg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 3 38 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 61 7 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 5 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 64 6 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 4 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 68 8 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 69 6 25 Disambiguation of 'state of discord': 71 27 2
  2. Discordance of sounds; dissonance. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (music: lack of harmony): дисхармония (disharmonija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), dissonanssi (Finnish), riitasointuisuus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-discordance-en-noun-M-~56MTm Disambiguation of 'music: lack of harmony': 22 63 14
  3. (genetics) The presence of a specific genetic trait in only one of a set of clones (or identical twins). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-discordance-en-noun-VY4kOX~6 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: discordaunce [obsolete] Derived forms: discordancy, immunodiscordance, nondiscordance, serodiscordance

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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