identical
[ahy-den-ti-kuhl, ih-den-]
- similar or alike in every way: The two cars are identical except for their license plates.
- being the very same; selfsame: This is the identical room we stayed in last year.
- agreeing exactly: identical opinions.
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Origin of identical
Synonyms
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interchangeableexactindistinguishableXeroxcorrespondingdittodoubleduplicateequivalentlikelook-alikematchingsametantamounttwinveryidenticselfsameExamples from the Web for identical
Contemporary Examples
The cap devices on thousands of identical hats glinted in the late morning sun along with the shields worn by each of the cops.
Experts pointed us to identical passages in each of the four Geneva treaties, known as "Common Article 3."
Because as Ralphie explains to me, “every team has identical software and identical weather.”
When you see these identical birds through his fascination with mirrors, the gift makes sense.
Had Richard III been able to install a tape recorder in his palaces the ranting might well have been identical.
Historical Examples
I am almost sure I have seen that identical carriage before.
The Yates PrideMary E. Wilkins Freeman
The living quarters of the physicians were identical with those on the chemists' level.
City of Endless NightMilo Hastings
If it is not this identical system, it is a variation of it.
Roden's CornerHenry Seton Merriman
It admits of but one attribution, and that embracing an identical proposition.
Life: Its True GenesisR. W. Wright
It will be readily seen that by this process the offspring are identical with the parent.
The Truth About WomanC. Gasquoine Hartley
identical
- Also called: numerically identical being one and the same individualCicero and Tully are identical
- Also called: quantitatively identical exactly alike, equal, or agreeing
- designating either or both of a pair of twins of the same sex who developed from a single fertilized ovum that split into twoCompare fraternal (def. 3)
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Word Origin
C17: from Medieval Latin identicus, from Latin idem the same
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Word Origin and History for identical
adj.
1610s, as a term in logic, from Medieval Latin identicus "the same," from Late Latin identitas "identity, sameness," ultimately from comb. form of Latin idem "the same" (from id "it, that one;" see id) + demonstrative suffix -dem. General sense of "being the same or very similar" is from 1630s. Replaced Middle English idemptical (late 15c.), from Medieval Latin idemptitas "identity," from Latin idem. Related: Identically.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
identical
(ī-dĕn′tĭ-kəl)- Exactly equal and alike.
- 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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