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Definition of identical



Overview of adj identical

The adj identical has 5 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (12) identical, indistinguishable

(exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different; "rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats")

2. (9) identical, selfsame, very

(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")

3. identical, monovular

((of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum; "identical twins are monovular")

4. identical

(having properties with uniform values along all axes)

5. identical, superposable

(coinciding exactly when superimposed; "identical triangles")