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i·den·ti·cal
(ī-dĕn′tĭ-kəl)adj.
1. Being the same: another orator who used the senator's identical words.
2. Exactly equal and alike: Your car is identical to mine. Are the fingerprints at the crime scene identical with those of the accused?
3. Biology Of or relating to a twin or twins developed from the same fertilized ovum and having the same genetic makeup and closely similar appearance; monozygotic.
[From Medieval Latin identicus, from Late Latin identitās, identity; see identity.]
i·den′ti·cal·ly adv.
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identical
(aɪˈdɛntɪkəl)adj
1. Also called: numerically identical being one and the same individual: Cicero and Tully are identical.
2. Also called: quantitatively identical exactly alike, equal, or agreeing
3. (Biology) designating either or both of a pair of twins of the same sex who developed from a single fertilized ovum that split into two. Compare fraternal3
[C17: from Medieval Latin identicus, from Latin idem the same]
iˈdentically adv
iˈdenticalness n
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i•den•ti•cal
(aɪˈdɛn tɪ kəl, ɪˈdɛn-)adj.
1. similar or alike in every way.
2. being the very same; selfsame.
3. agreeing exactly: identical opinions.
[1610–20]
i•den′ti•cal•ly, adv.
i•den′ti•cal•ness, n.
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identical
If two or more things are identical, they are exactly the same in every detail.
...twenty or thirty suitcases with identical blue labels.
You can say that one thing is identical with another thing or identical to it. There is no difference in meaning.
Chemically, it is almost identical to limestone.
Is creativity identical with intelligence?
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Adj. | 1. | identical - exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different; "rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats" same - closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year" |
2. | identical - being the exact same one; not any other:; "this is the identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said yesterday"; "the very man I want to see" same - same in identity; "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street" | |
3. | identical - (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum; "identical twins are monovular" | |
4. | identical - having properties with uniform values along all axes natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" isotropic, isotropous - invariant with respect to direction | |
5. | identical - coinciding exactly when superimposed; "identical triangles" congruent - coinciding when superimposed |
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identical
adjective alike, like, the same, matching, equal, twin, equivalent, corresponding, duplicate, synonymous, indistinguishable, analogous, interchangeable, a dead ringer (slang), the dead spit (informal), like two peas in a pod Nearly all the houses were identical.
different, separate, unlike, distinct, diverse, disparate
different, separate, unlike, distinct, diverse, disparate
the identical the same, the very same, the selfsame She had the identical quirky mannerisms her father used to have.
Quotations
"Two things are identical if one can be substituted for the other without affecting the truth" [Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Table de définitions]
"Two things are identical if one can be substituted for the other without affecting the truth" [Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Table de définitions]
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identical
adjective1. Being one and not another or others; not different in nature or identity:
2. Agreeing exactly in value, quantity, or effect:
Idioms: on a par, one and the same.
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Translations
مُتَطَابِقٌمُطابِق، مُتَطابِقمُماثِل، مُشابِه
stejnýtentýžtotožný
identiskden samme
identtinen
identičan
azonosegypetéjű
nákvæmlega einssamur, nákvæmlega eins
同一の一卵性の
동일한
identiškaiidentiškumastapatumastapatustas pats
identiskstas patsvienāds
identičenisti
identisk
เหมือนกันทุกอย่าง
giống hệt
identical
[aɪˈdentɪkəl]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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identical
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
identical
[aɪˈdɛntɪˌk/əl] adj → identico/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
identical
(aiˈdentikəl) adjective1. the same in every detail. They wore identical dresses.
2. the very same. That is the identical car that I saw outside the bank just before the robbery.
iˈdentically adverbiˈdenticalness noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
identical
→ مُتَطَابِقٌ totožný identisk identisch πανομοιότυπος idéntico identtinen identique identičan identico 同一の 동일한 identiek identisk identyczny idêntico идентичный identisk เหมือนกันทุกอย่าง özdeş giống hệt 一样的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
identical
a. idéntico-a, igual, mismo-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
identical
adj idénticoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.