English-Thai Dictionary

unconformity

N ความ ไม่ สอดคล้องกัน  ความ ไม่ คล้องจอง  ความ ไม่เข้ากัน  ความ ไม่ ต่อเนื่อง กัน  ความ ไม่ ประสานกัน  nonconformity noncompliance kwam-mai-sod-klong-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNCONFORM

a.Unlike; dissimilar; not analogous. [Not in use. ]

 

UNCONFORMABLE

a.Not consistent; not agreeable; not conforming. Moral evil is an action unconformable to the rule of our duty.

 

UNCONFORMITY

n.Incongruity; inconsistency; want of conformity.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNCONFORM

UNCONFORM Un `con *form ", a.

 

Defn: Unlike. [Obs. ] Not unconform to other shining globes. Milton.

 

UNCONFORMABILITY

UNCONFORMABILITY Un `con *form `a *bil "i *ty, n.

 

1. The quality or state of being unconformable; unconformableness.

 

2. (Geol.)

 

Defn: Want of parallelism between one series of strata and another, especially when due to a disturbance of the position of the earlier strata before the latter were deposited.

 

UNCONFORMABLE

UNCONFORMABLE Un `con *form "a *ble, a.

 

1. Not conformable; not agreeable; not conforming. Moral evil is an action unconformable to it [the rule of our duty ]. I. Watts.

 

2. (Geol.)

 

Defn: Not conformable; not lying in a parallel position; as, unconformable strata. -- Un `con *form "a *ble *ness, n. -- Un `con *form "a *bly, adv.

 

UNCONFORMIST

UNCONFORMIST Un `con *form "ist, n.

 

Defn: A nonconformist. [Obs. ]

 

UNCONFORMITY

UNCONFORMITY Un `con *form "i *ty, n.

 

1. Want of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency. South.

 

2. (Geol.)

 

Defn: Want of parallelism between strata in contact.

 

Note: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

unconformable

un con form a ble |ˌənkənˈfôrməbəl ˌənkənˈfɔrməbəl | ▶adjective Geology (of rock strata in contact ) marking a discontinuity in the geological record, and typically not having the same direction of stratification. DERIVATIVES un com form a bly |-blē |adverb

 

unconformity

un con form i ty |ˌənkənˈfôrmətē ˌənkənˈfɔrmədi | ▶noun Geology a surface of contact between two groups of unconformable strata. • the condition of being unconformable.

 

Oxford Dictionary

unconformable

un |con ¦form |able |ʌnkənˈfɔːməb (ə )l | ▶adjective Geology (of rock strata in contact ) marking a discontinuity in the geological record, and typically not having the same direction of stratification. DERIVATIVES unconformably adverb

 

unconformity

un |con ¦form |ity |ʌnkənˈfɔːmɪti | ▶noun Geology a surface of contact between two groups of unconformable strata. • [ mass noun ] the condition of being unconformable.