noun. 1  the sum of the physical, chemical, and biological changes that take place in sediments as they become consolidated into rocks, including compaction and cementation, but excluding weathering and metamorphic changes.( 2 chemistry) recrystallization of a solid to form large crystal grains from smaller ones.oun. 1  the sum of the physical, chemical, and biological changes that take place in sediments as they become consolidated into rocks, including compaction and cementation, but excluding weathering and metamorphic changes.
The definition of proportionate is having a proper relation between parts, such as size or ratio. An example of someone proportionate is a woman whose top half is sized in relation to her bottom half; proportionate size. Proportionate is defined as to even something out.
Full Definition of DISPARATE. 1. : containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements. 2. : markedly distinct in quality or character. â disÂ·paÂ·rateÂ·ly adverb. â disÂ·paÂ·rateÂ·ness noun. â disÂ·parÂ·iÂ·ty \di-Ësper-É-tÄ, -Ëspa-rÉ-\ noun.See disparate defined for English-language learners. I made the French lemon cream tart that Greenspan credits to Herme hermÃ© and got disparate. 2  Reactions An american friend loved its creaminess and felt it had a comfortingly familiar; texture A british â¦ friend said he missed the traditional, sharp-gel like.  custard