identical
Etymology Pronunciation
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Etymology Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/, /aɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/
identical
- (not comparable) Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.
- (not comparable) Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; numerically identical.
- (not comparable, biology) Of twins, sharing the same genetic code.
- (not comparable, mathematics) Exactly equivalent.
- (comparable, rare) Approximating or approaching exact equivalence.
- (bearing full likeness) same
- (selfsame) same, selfsame
- (sharing same genetic code) monozygotic, monovular
- French: identique
- German: identisch
- Italian: identico
- Portuguese: idêntico
- Russian: иденти́чный
- Spanish: idéntico
- French: même, même, mêmes, identique
- Russian: иденти́чный
- French: monozygote, monovulaire, mono-ovulaire
- German: eineiig
- Italian: monovulari
- Russian: иденти́чный
- Russian: тожде́ственный
identical (plural identicals)
- (usually, pluralized, chiefly, philosophy) Something which has exactly the same properties as something else.
- An identical twin.
- 2014, Robert S. Woodworth, Donald G. Marquis, Psychology (Psychology Revivals): A Study of Mental Life, page 171:
- Fraternal twins are boy-girl pairs as often as of the same sex, while identicals are necessarily of the same sex, […]
- (poetry) A rhyme on the same syllable, such as "leave" and "believe".
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