concordant

• concordaunt (obsolete)

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

• IPA^(key): /kəŋˈkɔː(ɹ)dənt/

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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.

   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: , 2nd edition, London: A Miller, for Edw Dod and Nath Ekins, , →OCLC:

     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.

• discordant
• nonconcordant

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concordant

1. present participle of concorder

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

1. concordant

• “concordant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Borrowed from French concordant.

concordant m or n (feminine singular concordantă, masculine plural concordanți, feminine and neuter plural concordante)

1. concordant