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Identical

see synonyms of identical

Adjective

1. identical, indistinguishable

exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different

Example Sentences:
'rows of identical houses'
'cars identical except for their license plates'
'they wore indistinguishable hats'

2. identical, selfsame, very

being the exact same one; not any other:

Example Sentences:
'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'

3. identical, monovular

(of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum

Example Sentences:
'identical twins are monovular'

4. identical

having properties with uniform values along all axes

5. identical, superposable

coinciding exactly when superimposed

Example Sentences:
'identical triangles'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Identical

see synonyms of identical
adjective
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. 
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 fraternal (sense 3)

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Identical

see synonyms of identical
adjective
1. 
the very same
2. 
exactly alike or equal
often followed by with or to
3. 
designating twins, always of the same sex, developed from a single fertilized ovum and very much alike in physical appearance
see also fraternal (sense 3)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Identical

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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.

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