discordance

English

Alternative forms

discordaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French discordance

Noun

discordance (countable and uncountable, plural discordances)

A state of discord.
- I. Taylor
  There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion.
(music) Lack of harmony; dissonance.
(genetics) The presence of a specific genetic trait in only one of a set of clones (or identical twins).

Derived terms

Translations

state of discord

Finnish: eripuraisuus (fi)

music: lack of harmony

Finnish: dissonanssi (fi)

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