uncomformable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Descriptive of the contact between one unit of rock and another, or of one of the two units themselves, which are separated by an erosional surface such as an unconformity representing a lacuna in the rock record.

Word forms

uncomformable

Etymology

From un- + conform + -able, in relation to the term unconformity.

Derived words

uncomformably
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