identical (adj.)

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

    [ Syn: monovular ]

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

    [ Syn: indistinguishable ]

  3. 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: selfsame , very ]

  4. having properties with uniform values along all axes

  5. coinciding exactly when superimposed; identical triangles

    [ Syn: superposable ]

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