identical
Etymology

From identic + -al.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/, /aɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/
Adjective

identical

  1. (not comparable) Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.
  2. (not comparable) Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; numerically identical.
  3. (not comparable, biology) Of twins, sharing the same genetic code.
  4. (not comparable, mathematics) Exactly equivalent.
  5. (comparable, rare) Approximating or approaching exact equivalence.
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identical (plural identicals)

  1. (usually, pluralized, chiefly, philosophy) Something which has exactly the same properties as something else.
  2. 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, […]
  3. (poetry) A rhyme on the same syllable, such as "leave" and "believe".



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