concordant

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Adjective

concordant

1. Agreeing or harmonious; consistent (with).

   Synonyms: consonant, in keeping with

   • 1918, Jagdish Chandra Bose, Life Movement in Plants

     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.

   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica

     Were every one employed in points concordant to their natures, professions, and arts, commonwealths would rise up of themselves.

2. (geology) Intruding parallel to the bedding.
3. (mathematics) Preserving the sign.

Antonyms

• discordant
• nonconcordant

Translations

• French: concordant
• Italian: concordante, concorde
• Portuguese: conforme, concordante, concorde
• Spanish: concordante, concorde

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