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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dis·cord·ant a.
 1. Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious.
    The discordant elements out of which the emperor had compounded his realm did not coalesce.   --Motley.
 2.  Mus. Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds.
 For still their music seemed to start
 Discordant echoes in each heart.   --Longfellow.
 3. Geol. Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault.
 Syn: -- Disagreeing; incongruous; contradictory; repugnant; opposite; contrary; inconsistent; dissonant; harsh; jarring; irreconcilable.
 -- Dis*cord*ant*ly, adv. -- Dis*cord*ant*ness, n. [R.]
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