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   con·form·a·ble

   /kənˈfôrməb(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) disposed or accustomed to conform to what is acceptable or expected: "personalities conformable to the ambient level of cultural evolution"
   • ▪ similar in form or nature; consistent: "this proposition might be conformable to the original conjecture"
   • ▪ (of strata in contact) deposited in a continuous sequence, and having the same direction of stratification.

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘compliant (to) or tractable’): from medieval Latin conformabilis, from Latin conformare ‘to form, fashion’ (see conform).

   Derivatives

   • 1. conformability noun
   • 2. conformably adverb

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