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concordia

US/kənˈkɔ(ɹ).di.ə/

concordia 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).

Noun

concordia (countable and uncountable, plural concordias or concordia)

  1. 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).
    • Points above concordia indicate uranium loss and those below indicate uranium gain.1979, Contributions to Geology, Volumes 17-19; Volume 3, University of Wyoming, page 174
    • 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...

Proper noun capitalized: Concordia

Concordia

  1. (Roman) The goddess of harmony and concord. She is the Roman equivalent to Harmonia.
  2. A city, the county seat of Cloud County, Kansas.
  3. An unincorporated community in Meade County, Kentucky.
  4. A ghost town in Bolivar County, Mississippi.
  5. A city in Lafayette County, Missouri.
  6. A census-designated place in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
  7. A neighbourhood in north-east Portland, Oregon, named after Concordia University,
  8. An unincorporated community in Nueces County, Texas.
  9. Former name of Walburg, Texas.
  10. A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
  11. An area on Saint John, United States Virgin Islands.
  12. A town on Saint Martin, part of a Caribbean island that belongs to France.
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  1. A city and municipality in Sinaloa, Mexico.
  2. A municipality in Olancho department, Honduras.
  3. A town and municipality in Antioquia department, Colombia.
  4. A town and municipality in Magdalena department, Colombia.
  5. A department and city in Entre Ríos province, Argentina.
  6. A town in the Northern Cape province, South Africa.
  7. A locality in Barossa council area, South Australia.
  8. A female given name from Latin.
  9. 58 Concordia, a main belt asteroid.

Forms of concordia

pluralconcordias
pluralconcordia

Origin of concordia

Borrowed from Latin concordia.

From Latin concordia (“concord”).

Words formed from concordia

Phrases with concordia

Questions about concordia

What does concordia mean?
Concordia means 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).
What part of speech is concordia?
Concordia can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce concordia?
Concordia is pronounced /kənˈkɔ(ɹ).di.ə/ (US).
What is the plural of concordia?
The plural of concordia is concordias.

Words near concordia in the dictionary

  1. concordaunces
  2. concordaunt
  3. Concorde
  4. concorded
  5. Concordes
  6. concordia
  7. concordia diagram
  8. concordia diagrams
  9. Concordia Parish
  10. concordial
  11. concordias

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