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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
concordant
adjective
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concordant opinions
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▪ But this study has, for the first time, clearly demonstrated a genetic difference between concordant and discordant identical twins.
▪ Even concordant Crohn's disease twins affected by the disease usually showed very dissimilar subclass ratios.
▪ The monozygotic twin material consisted of both concordant and discordant twin pairs, and some unpaired healthy twins.
▪ The study included pairs of twins both concordant and discordant with regard to ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Concordant

Concordant \Con*cord"ant\, a. [L. concordans, p. pr. of concordare: cf. F. concordant. See Concord.] Agreeing; correspondent; harmonious; consonant.

Were every one employed in points concordant to their natures, professions, and arts, commonwealths would rise up of themselves.
--Sir T. Browne

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
concordant

late 15c. of persons, 1510s of things, 1550s of music, from French concordant, from Latin concordantem, present participle of concordare (see concord). Related: Concordantly.

Wiktionary
concordant

a. agree; correspondent; harmonious; consonant; in keeping with; agreeable with; concordant with; concordant to

WordNet
concordant
  1. adj. in keeping; "salaries agreeable with current trends"; "plans conformable with your wishes"; "expressed views concordant with his background" [syn: accordant, agreeable, conformable, consonant]

  2. being of the same opinion [syn: concurring(a)]

Usage examples of "concordant".

So with the perceptive faculty: discerning in certain objects the Ideal-Form which has bound and controlled shapeless matter, opposed in nature to Idea, seeing further stamped upon the common shapes some shape excellent above the common, it gathers into unity what still remains fragmentary, catches it up and carries it within, no longer a thing of parts, and presents it to the Ideal-Principle as something concordant and congenial, a natural friend: the joy here is like that of a good man who discerns in a youth the early signs of a virtue consonant with the achieved perfection within his own soul.

He concentrated on its power, the concordant rippling of its muscles, the thin film of sweat slickening its rich coat, and then it was slowing, snorting and bobbing its head as if telling him of something ahead.

And he fingered a chord and strummed the argent strands, and concordant tones sounded pure and silver.