concordant

English

Alternative forms

• concordaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

French concordant, from Latin concordans, present participle of concordare. See concord.

Adjective

concordant (comparative more concordant, superlative most 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.
   • 1990, Neville J. Price & ‎John W. Cosgrove, Analysis of Geological Structures, →ISBN, page 60:

     Other forms of concordant intrusions, some of which will be commented upon in this chapter are shown in Fig. 3. 1(6).

3. (mathematics) Preserving the sign.

Antonyms

• discordant
• nonconcordant

Translations

agreeing, correspondent, harmonious

• French: concordant – Feminine: concordante
• Hungarian: megegyező (hu), összhangban álló
• Italian: concordante – Syn.: concorde

• Portuguese: conforme – Syn.: concordante, concorde (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: (in music) aon-ghuthach
• Spanish: concordante – Syn.: concorde

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French

Verb

concordant

1. present participle of concorder

Adjective

concordant (feminine singular concordante, masculine plural concordants, feminine plural concordantes)

1. concordant

Further reading

• “concordant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).