concordia
/kənˈkɔ(ɹ).di.ə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.17 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A set of plotted points, appearing as a curve on a concordia diagram or isochron diagram, representing sample data from rock of the same age; the condition of being a member of said set (or on said curve).
Countable; Uncountable
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Example Sentences
- "Points above concordia indicate uranium loss and those below indicate uranium gain."
- "1994 [1988 Elsevier], H.-G. Attendorn, R. Bowen, Isotopes in the Earth Sciences, Chapman & Hall, page 131, Such lower intersections of resultant discordias with U-Th-Pb concordias are not significant in terms of geological time, merely changes which took place in the Th/U ratios or lead isotope ratios through the factors alluded to above."
- "The addition of U to a carbonate sample on concordia causes the point to move off concordia in the direction of the origin.[…]The patterns that develop in the ^{₂₃₁}Pa-^{₂₃₀}Th concordia diagrams are similar to the responses of Pa-Th concordias presented in Section 10.5a."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Old Latin com Latin cum Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥dés Proto-Italic *kord Latin cor Latin concors Latin concordiabor. English concordia Borrowed from Latin concordia.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kənˈkɔ(ɹ).di.ə/