discordance

English

Alternative forms

• discordaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French discordance

Noun

discordance (countable and uncountable, plural discordances)

1. A state of discord.
   • I. Taylor

     There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion.

2. (music) Lack of harmony; dissonance.
3. (genetics) The presence of a specific genetic trait in only one of a set of clones (or identical twins).

Derived terms

• discordancy
• nondiscordance
• serodiscordance

 

Translations

state of discord

• Finnish: eripuraisuus (fi)
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music: lack of harmony

• Finnish: dissonanssi (fi)
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