discordance
pronunciation
How to pronounce discordance in British English:
UK [dɪs'kɔ:dəns]
How to pronounce discordance in American English:
US [dɪs'kɔdəns]
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- Noun:
- a harsh mixture of sounds
- strife resulting from a lack of agreement
Word Origin
- discordance (n.)
- mid-14c.; see discord (v.) + -ance.
Example
- 1. The discordance between these two products bothered the boss .
- 2. Discordance in diagnosis of osteoporosis using spine and hip bone densitometry .
- 3. This discordance may arise from different detection capabilities or from different data collection and interpretation techniques .
- 4. Several factors were predictive of discordance ; some were associated with higher surgeon satisfaction whereas others were associated with greater patient satisfaction .
- 5. The reasons of the waist injury came from the particularity of the technical structure , the super-extensibility of spinal column and waist segment , the imbalance of the technical level , the differences of collective events and individual events , and the discordance of change display of the form and the function etc.