identical
Pronunciation
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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.
- 1788, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, The Federalist, XLI:
- The terms of Article 8th are still more identical.
- 1788, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, The Federalist, XLI:
- French: identique
- German: identisch
- Italian: identico
- Portuguese: idêntico
- Russian: иденти́чный
- Spanish: idéntico
- French: monozygote
- 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.
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