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accordant

 
Dictionary: ac·cor·dant   (ə-kôr'dnt) pronunciation
adj.
Being in agreement or harmony; consonant.

accordantly ac·cor'dant·ly adv.

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Geography Dictionary: accordant
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Complying with. Thus, accordant drainage is drainage which has evolved in conformity with the underlying geological structure, so domes show a radial pattern, and trellised patterns develop on gently dipping scarp lands, for example. The law of accordant junctions (Playfair's law) states that tributaries join a stream or river at the same elevation as that of the larger watercourse; thus there is no sudden ‘drop’ in the level of the tributary. This means that tributaries are graded to the level of the junction. Accordant summits are hill or mountain tops of approximately the same elevation. The presence of accordant summits has been seen as confirmation of the theory of the cycle of erosion.

WordNet: accordant
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with'
  Antonym: discordant (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: in keeping
  Synonyms: agreeable, conformable, consonant, in accord, in agreement, concordant


 
 

 

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