[UN-1 12. Cf. next.] The state or quality of being unconformable. Chiefly Geol.
1833. Lyell, Princ. Geol., III. 30. The frequent unconformability in the stratification of the inferior and overlying formation.
1865. Livingstone, Zambesi, ii. 54. A picture of dislocation or unconformability which would gladden a geological lecturer’s heart.
1873. Earle, Philol. Eng. Tongue (ed. 2), § 6. One important cause of unconformability is the introduction of foreign words.
