conformable

conformable
/keuhn fawr"meuh beuhl/, adj.
1. corresponding in form, nature, or character; similar.
2. compliant; obedient; submissive: a conformable disposition.
3. Geol. of or pertaining to an unbroken sequence of strata or beds, characteristic of uninterrupted deposition. See illus. under unconformable.
[1425-75; late ME. See CONFORM, -ABLE]

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