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ADJECTIVE (5)

1. exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different;
- Example: "rows of identical houses"
- Example: "cars identical except for their license plates"
- Example: "they wore indistinguishable hats"
[syn: identical, indistinguishable]

2. being the exact same one; not any other:;
- Example: "this is the identical room we stayed in before"
- Example: "the themes of his stories are one and the same"
- Example: "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"
- Example: "on this very spot"
- Example: "the very thing he said yesterday"
- Example: "the very man I want to see"
[syn: identical, selfsame(a), very(a)]

3. (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum;
- Example: "identical twins are monovular"
[syn: identical, monovular]

4. having properties with uniform values along all axes;

5. coinciding exactly when superimposed;
- Example: "identical triangles"
[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. [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
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]