(n.) The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.
Example Sentences:
(1) Possible reasons for the previous discrepancies between direct and isotopic methods are discussed, as are the effects of protein binding, sample handling, and storage conditions on oxalate values in plasma.
(2) 39.5 per cent of children have had suitable foot for weight-bearing, with normal shoes, and 23, 25 per cent have had prosthesis for discrepancy.
(3) It is suggested that some of the discrepancies in investigations of the relation between water hardness and mortality-rates from cardiovascular disease may be attributed to genetic influences.
(4) The author points out a remarkable discrepancy between the concept of work in the practice of psychoanalysis, especially in the concept of the working alliance (Greenson), and the concept of work included in the dreamwork.
(5) Thus the anomalous behaviour of the ICA1 and the Nova 8 was due to a discrepancy between the standard built-in algorithm and the characteristics of our serum pools.
(6) These discrepancies may be explained, in part, by the demonstration that TTX augmentation requires relatively low TTX concentrations (10(-6)-10(-8) M) and is not demonstrable at higher concentrations, requires submaximal LHRH concentrations (10(-10)-10(-9) M), and requires exposure of cultured cells to 17 beta-estradiol.
(7) It has been argued that this discrepancy might be the consequence, at least in part, of differences in patient selection.
(8) The discrepancy between left versus right latencies increased significantly in the secondary task condition for two patients in the neglect group but not for the other two.
(9) An innovative approach to treatment planning is described in which a planned dose distribution is evaluated in terms of prescribed limits of acceptability, and any discrepancies (referred to as "regions of regret") are displayed in the form of a contour diagram in which colors are used to represent different types and degrees of regret.
(10) In the cat soleus muscle which is exclusively composed of slow motor units the discrepancy between the sum of individual tensions and the tension on combined stimulation of several motor units was found to be much less than previously reported for slow motor units of peroneus longus.
(11) Discrepancies were found in 55 cases (24%) (44 F- and 11 F+).
(12) This apparent discrepancy was resolved by performing parallel experiments using purified human serum albumin samples and serum.
(13) Minor discrepancies of classes III and IV were found in 63 (30%) and 101 (47%) cases, respectively.
(14) The discrepancy can be explained by a heterogeneity in liposomes prepared by sonication.
(15) In some cases the discrepancy was as much as 50 percent.
(16) Significant diagnostic discrepancies (errors unrecognized and directly related to or associated with the cause of death) were determined.
(17) These differences in the myelination of the proximal and distal nerve most probably account for the discrepancy between the results reported here and those provided by a previous study (Tiao and Blakemore, '76) concerned with the structure of the optic nerve in this species.
(18) Discrepancies found in uncorrected measurements could be correlated with morphology of the nuclei concerned.
(19) These results suggests that there is a discrepancy between reductions in hepatic bile acids and those in the hepatic microsomal mixed function oxidase system after biliary decompression.
(20) There was a relationship between the number of large discrepancies and reading achievement.
Incongruity
Definition:
(n.) The quality or state of being incongruous; want of congruity; unsuitableness; inconsistency; impropriety.
(n.) Disagreement of parts; want of symmetry or of harmony.
(n.) That which is incongruous; want of congruity.
Example Sentences:
(1) The findings indicate that there is still a significant incongruence between the value structure of most family practice units and that of their institutions but that many family practice units are beginning to achieve parity of promotion and tenure with other departments in their institutions.
(2) Motion’s inner dialogue with his father’s memory coloured his own mission to Germany, but he was conscious of the incongruity of his presence among the Desert Rats.
(3) We successfully applied it in the treatment of eight fractures of the shafts of the femur or tibia which would not unite because of infection, soft tissue interposition or gross incongruity of fragments.
(4) Fifty-nine Salter-Harris III and IV lesions of the medial malleolus, Tillaux fractures, and triplane fractures were examined after 9 (3-32) years to assess the frequency of late symptoms, deformity, joint incongruity, and secondary arthrosis.
(5) The thymus is the first organ in the body to age, which seems incongruent considering its cardinal role in the immune system.
(6) Children recalled incongruent material more than congruent material on the comprehension-monitoring task.
(7) One joint was congruent, in agreement with the hypotheses, but the other was incongruent.
(8) Nothing in the present findings, however, is incongruent with the possibility of an association between low platelet MAO activity and bipolar affective disorder.
(9) Results showed significantly longer VRTs in the Accuracy group, and more errors in the Speed group to right-field projections (initial left hemisphere input) of the incongruent color-words during the color-naming condition.
(10) In addition, background music was either congruent or incongruent with the affect of an episode's outcome.
(11) Examination of 29 cases of fracture of the distal radius with restricted motion or persistent pain in 22 patients showed that most had been caused by incongruity of the distal radioulnar joint or by rotational malalignment in supination or pronation.
(12) Incongruous and illusory depth cues, arising from 'interference patterns' produced by overlapping linear grids at the edges of escalator treads, may contribute to the disorientation experienced by some escalator users, which in turn may contribute to the causes of some of the many escalator accidents which occur.
(13) Congruent students did in fact achieve significantly higher cumulative GPA and science GPA than did incongruent students.
(14) In Experiment 1, at a stimulus onset asynchrony of 300 ms, congruous situations showed 59 ms of facilitation while incongruous situations did not differ from the baseline.
(15) The reasons for post-traumatic contracture of the elbow could be intrinsic such as interposed fragments, intra-articular adhesions, incongruity of the articular surfaces--or extrinsic--like contractures of the capsule and ligaments, adhesions of different layers, ectopic bone formations.
(16) In one, incongruous homonymous hemianopsia was accompanied by a decrease in visual acuity in one eye from chiasmal involvement.
(17) Congruence between the object display and the sentence produced significantly higher recall and clustering than the incongruence or control conditions.
(18) She laughs raucously again, mirth appearing to be, incongruously, her way of acknowledging pain.
(19) Once incongruent persistence is suspected, the possibility of parental falsification of symptoms must be faced.
(20) The proverbs appeared either in their original form or with their final word changed to be incongruous with the sentence context.