'Identical' definitions:
Definition of 'identical'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different; "rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats" [syn: identical, indistinguishable]
adjective
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" [syn: identical, selfsame(a), very(a)]
adjective
(of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum; "identical twins are monovular" [syn: identical, monovular] [ant: biovular, fraternal]
adjective
Having properties with uniform values along all axes
adjective
Coinciding exactly when superimposed; "identical triangles" [syn: identical, superposable]
Definition of 'Identical'
From: GCIDE
- Identic \I*den"tic\, Identical \I*den"tic*al\, a. In diplomacy (esp. in the form identic), precisely agreeing in sentiment or opinion and form or manner of expression; -- applied to concerted action or language which is used by two or more governments in treating with another government. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Identical'
From: GCIDE
- Identical \I*den"tic*al\, a. [Cf. F. identique. See Identity.]
- 1. The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing. [1913 Webster]
- I can not remember a thing that happened a year ago, without a conviction . . . that I, the same identical person who now remember that event, did then exist. --Reid. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Uttering sameness or the same truth; expressing in the predicate what is given, or obviously implied, in the subject; tautological. [1913 Webster]
- When you say body is solid, I say that you make an identical proposition, because it is impossible to have the idea of body without that of solidity. --Fleming. [1913 Webster]
- Identical equation (Alg.), an equation which is true for all values of the algebraic symbols which enter into it. [1913 Webster] Identic
Synonyms of 'identical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alike,
- all one,
- all the same,
- aped,
- biform,
- bifurcated,
- bilateral,
- bipartisan,
- bipartite,
- coequal,
- comparable,
- consimilar,
- consubstantial,
- convertible,
- coordinate,
- copied,
- correspondent,
- corresponding,
- counterfeit,
- dichotomous,
- double,
- duadic,
- dual,
- dualistic,
- duplex,
- duplicate,
- duplicated,
- dyadic,
- equal,
- equiparant,
- equipollent,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- exact,
- exactly alike,
- fake,
- favoring,
- following,
- homogeneous,
- homoousian,
- identic,
- imitated,
- imitation,
- indistinguishable,
- interchangeable,
- just alike,
- like,
- matched,
- matching,
- mimicked,
- mock,
- much the same,
- nearly reproduced,
- not unlike,
- one,
- phony,
- resembling,
- same,
- selfsame,
- similar,
- simulated,
- smacking of,
- something like,
- suggestive of,
- synthetic,
- tantamount,
- twain,
- twin,
- twinned,
- two,
- two-sided,
- undifferent,
- uniform with,
- very,
- without difference,
- without distinction
Words containing 'Identical'
- Identic,
- Identically,
- Identism,
- Identities,
- Identity,
- Identical equation,
- Personal identity,
- doctrine of identity,
- gender identity,
- identical twin,
- identity card,
- identity crisis,
- identity element,
- identity matrix,
- identity operator,
- identity theft,
- identity verification,
- system of identity,
- self-identity