conformability

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In the Cutties Hillock quarry west of Elgin these reptiliferous beds rest directly on the sandstones containing Holoptychius of Upper Old Red Sandstone age, so that the apparent conformability must be entirely deceptive.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

But while unconformability invariably bears testimony to a lapse of unrepresented time, the conformability of two sets of strata in contact by no means implies that the newer formation immediately succeeded the older one.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

The other conclusion leads us to the acknowledgment of a connection of providence with conformability to law in the actions of all forces and qualities in the world.

From The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality by Zimmermann, G. A.

To things as things in themselves, conformability to law must necessarily belong independently of an understanding to cognize them.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

It is called "the Elephant Mound," from the fact that it bears the proportion and conformability of the Mastodon.

From Mound-Builders by Smyth, William J.