Entries linking to discordant
"disagreement," from Latin discordia, from discors (genitive discordis) "disagreeing, disagreement," from. Musical sense "want of harmony between two notes sounded together; a combination of notes not in harmony with one another" is from late 14c.
What does the term discordant mean?
1a : being at variance : disagreeing discordant opinions. b : quarrelsome a discordant family. 2 music : relating to a discord (see discord entry 1 sense 2) a discordant tone.
What is the principle of discordance?
Discordance, in genetics typically means that a similar trait is not shared between twin members. Studies of twins have shown that genetic traits of monozygotic twins are fully concordant whereas in dizygotic twins, half of genetic traits are concordant, while the other half are discordant.
