单词 | discordance |
释义 | discordancen. 1. Disagreement, conflict, lack of harmony or concord; the fact of being discordant (discordant adj. 1); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] unsibeOE unsaughta1122 un-i-sibc1275 conteckc1290 discordingc1325 distancec1325 discordance1340 dissensionc1384 batea1400 discordc1425 variancec1425 variationc1485 disgreement?1504 distinction1520 factiona1538 jar1546 variety1546 disagreeance1548 disagreeing1548 disagreement1548 misliking1564 odds1567 mislikea1586 discordancy1587 disagree1589 distancy1595 dissent1596 dislike1598 secting1598 dichostasy1606 fraction1609 dissentation1623 ill blood1624 misintelligence1632 clashing1642 misunderstanding1642 discomposure1659 disjointinga1715 uneasiness1744 friction1760 misunderstand1819 unharmony1866 inharmony1867 trouble at (the or t') mill1967 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] discordance1340 variancec1374 discorda1387 disconvenience?a1425 unsuingc1425 disaccordancec1436 unaccordancec1449 inconveniencec1460 discrepancea1464 difformness1547 disagreeance1548 disagreeing1548 jar1548 disagreement1551 disagreeableness1570 dissonancy1584 discordancy1587 discoherencea1600 disconveniency1601 disharmonya1602 dissent1603 dissonancea1604 incongruency1604 incongruence1610 incongruity1612 discongruity1624 inconformity1625 discorrespondencya1641 inconsonancy1650 inconsistence1651 dissidy1657 unagreeableness1658 discomposure1659 disconsonancy1659 uncorrespondency1659 inconveniency1662 unconsonancy1665 incorrespondence1667 oddness1680 inconsistency1699 incongruousness1727 irreconcilementa1737 discrepancy1748 incoincidence?1798 inaccordance1808 inconsonance1811 inaccordancy1817 incorrespondency1817 cacophony1831 divergence1837 disaccord1871 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 259 Vor of þe discordance of þe herte comþ þe discordance of þe bodie. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) §201 After the diuerse discordaunces of oure wikkednesses. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccccxxviiv/2 Thys holy saynt Yues laboured euer to pease alle dyscordaunce and stryf. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxiiii. f. cxxxiiii In this saynge appereth some discordaunce with other wryters. 1580 T. Forrest tr. Isocrates Perfite Looking Glasse f. 20v Neither let thy opinions be founde variable or vncertaine, but according to equitie, be alwayes of one minde in all semblable causes, and that without any discordance. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. xii. §1. 329 The whole concordance of the world consists in discordances. 1656 T. Hobbes Questions Liberty, Necessity & Chance 89 The discordance between the Action and the Law. 1795 E. Fenwick Secresy III. ii. 22 The readiness wherewith I listened to your descriptions, reconciled you to whatever discordance you chanced to perceive between my feelings and your own. 1819 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 39 787 This rapidly increasing discordance between the letter and the practice of the criminal law, arose in the best times of our history. 1864 J. H. Newman Apologia 106 They were in discordance with each other, from the first, in their estimate of the means, [etc.]. 1922 Christian Union Q. Oct. 123 The Body of Christ is an organism, and is one forever in spite of all the discordances that develop in it. 2001 P. D. James Death in Holy Orders (2002) 125 Some discordance of personality or an eccentricity which he was at pains to cultivate. 2. Discord of sounds; harsh or dissonant noise; an instance of this. Cf. discordant adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > lack of harmony discorda1398 discordancea1425 absurdityc1429 dissonance1598 discordancy1607 disharmony1656 dissonancy1657 cacophony1776 mistone1813 unharmony1832 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [noun] > sound ganglinga1387 noise?a1425 jarring1555 jangling1581 discord1589 caterwauling1594 latration1623 tingle-tanglea1635 jar1669 crank1786 jangle1795 discordancy1796 inharmony1799 discordance1801 parrot-house1850 soundclash1925 ear-bender1940 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 4251 In floytes made he discordaunce. 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 101 A Discordance,..desonancia. c1570 Art of Music (BL Add. 4911) f. 54v, in G. Strahle Early Music Dict. (1995) 119/1 Discordance quhat is it. It is ane Mixtur of dyuerss soundis naturally offendent the aeris. To Nam vtherwayis dissonance. 1664 J. Birchensha tr. J. H. Alsted Templum Musicum vi. 54 Compounded Dyads do imitate the nature of Simple. This is true both of compounded Concordances and Discordances. 1785 G. A. Bellamy Apol. Life VI. civ. 19 He had a tremor in his voice, which till you were accustomed to it, was very disagreeable; but from his utility in playing every night, the discordance of it grew familiar to the ear, and was not so displeasing. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. xii. 305 The clamours of their young Echoed in shriller yells Which rung in wild discordance round the rock. 1878 W. Besant & J. Rice By Celia's Arbour I. xviii. 258 The curious mixture of discordances which rose to the organ-loft. 1910 Amateur Sportsman Oct. 10/1 Old Bob began to snore.., the loud discordance being plainly heard through the cracks in the partition. 1991 Perspectives of New Music 29 174 Much listening..has not conditioned my ear to accept the discordance of seventeen-note triads. 3. Geology and Physical Geography. Deviation from parallelism or alignment; the property or fact of being discordant (discordant adj. 3). Also: an instance of this. Cf. unconformity n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] discordance1823 unconformity1863 disconformity1906 1823 tr. A. von Humboldt Geognostical Ess. Superposition Rocks 68 The discordance [Fr. discordance] of two rocks..that is, the want of parallelism in their direction and dip, is..an evident proof of the independence of the formations. 1871 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1869–70 11 53 In the grand anticlinal of the Laramie range..they [sc. sandstones] sometimes repose with a slight discordance on the older rocks. 1920 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 28 564 No proof of angular discordance between the Hanbury slates and the Curry iron formation seems to have been found. 1989 Nature 13 Apr. 574/1 The Australian-Antarctic discordance, a bathymetrically depressed segment of the South-East Indian Ridge, may represent a fundamental boundary between the Indian and Pacific mantle domains. 2003 R. L. Sedlock in S. E. Johnson et al. Tectonic Evol. Northwestern México & Southwestern USA 80/1 In the western outcrop area, the Valle depositionally overlies the Eugenia with slight (up to 20°) angular discordance. 4. Chiefly Genetics. The occurrence of a given trait or disease in only one member of a matched pair of subjects, esp. twins. Frequently attributive, esp. in discordance rate. ΚΠ 1929 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 27 Apr. 770/2 The author lays down that, in twins, concordance in life's events is due to similar hereditary factors, whilst discordance implies their absence.] 1934 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 Dec. 1056/1 Concordance or discordance with regard to tuberculosis was determined by considering whether both twins had a tuberculous lesion. 1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 15 July 135/1 They..examined concordance rates (goitre in both twins) and discordance rates (goitre in only one twin) for monozygotic and dizygotic twins. 2011 J. C. Andersson & A. J. Walley in R. H. Lustig Obesity before Birth ii. 30 As might be expected in genetically identical individuals, phenotypic discordance is rare among MZ [= monozygotic] twins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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