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discordance

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discordance [di′skȯrd·əns]
(geology)
An unconformity characterized by lack of parallelism between strata which touch without fusion.


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In response to the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward, Sartre expressed a certain irritation with the Chinese Communists, its "central discordance between the unleashing of mass initiatives and the cult of the leader.
Moreover, in some cases, the verbal and the visual seem to bypass each other completely, leaving the viewer/ reader with the provocation of their unsettling discordance.
No discordance was observed between the ITS region and the pap31 gene.
 
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