NONCONFORMITY
- an unconformity that separates profoundly different rock types, such as sedimentary rocks from metamorphic rocks [n NONCONFORMITIES]
- Failure or refusal to conform to a prevailing rule or practice
- Nonconformists as a body, esp. Protestants in England dissenting from the Anglican Church
- Lack of similarity in form or type
- The principles or practice of Nonconformists, esp. Protestant dissent