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Webster 1913 Edition
Unconformity
Unˊcon-form′i-ty
,Noun.
1.
Want of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency.
South.
2.
(Geol.)
Want of parallelism between strata in contact.
☞ With some authors unconformity is equivalent to unconformability; but it is often used more broadly, for example, to include the case when the parallelism of strata once conformable has been disturbed by faulting and the like.
Webster 1828 Edition
Unconformity
UNCONFORM'ITY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
unconformity
unconformity
English
Noun
unconformity (plural unconformities)
- (nonstandard) a lack of conformity
- (geology) a gap in time in rock strata, where erosion occurs while deposition slows or stops