[syn: identical, superposable]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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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
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
identical
adj 1: 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]
2: 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)]
3: (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum; "identical
twins are monovular" [syn: identical, monovular] [ant:
biovular, fraternal]
4: having properties with uniform values along all axes
5: coinciding exactly when superimposed; "identical triangles"
[syn: identical, superposable]