identical

i·den·ti·cal

 (ī-dĕn′tĭ-kəl)

adj.

1. Being the same: another orator who used the senator's identical words.

2. Exactly equal and alike: Your car is identical to mine. Are the fingerprints at the crime scene identical with those of the accused?

3. Biology 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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[From Medieval Latin identicus, from Late Latin identitās, identity; see identity.]

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i·den′ti·cal·ly adv.

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identical

(aɪˈdɛntɪkəl)

adj

1. Also called: numerically identical being one and the same individual: Cicero and Tully are identical.

2. Also called: quantitatively identical exactly alike, equal, or agreeing

3. (Biology) designating either or both of a pair of twins of the same sex who developed from a single fertilized ovum that split into two. Compare fraternal³

[C17: from Medieval Latin identicus, from Latin idem the same]

iˈdentically adv

iˈdenticalness n

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i•den•ti•cal

(aɪˈdɛn tɪ kəl, ɪˈdɛn-)

adj.

1. similar or alike in every way.

2. being the very same; selfsame.

3. agreeing exactly: identical opinions.

[1610–20]

i•den′ti•cal•ly, adv.

i•den′ti•cal•ness, n.

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identical

If two or more things are identical, they are exactly the same in every detail.

...twenty or thirty suitcases with identical blue labels.

You can say that one thing is identical with another thing or identical to it. There is no difference in meaning.

Chemically, it is almost identical to limestone.

Is creativity identical with intelligence?

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	identical - exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different; "rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats" indistinguishable same - closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year"
	2.	identical - 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" selfsame, very same - same in identity; "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street"
	3.	identical - (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum; "identical twins are monovular" monovular biovular, fraternal - (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova; "fraternal twins are biovular"
	4.	identical - having properties with uniform values along all axes natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" isotropic, isotropous - invariant with respect to direction
	5.	identical - coinciding exactly when superimposed; "identical triangles" superposable congruent - coinciding when superimposed

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identical

adjective alike, like, the same, matching, equal, twin, equivalent, corresponding, duplicate, synonymous, indistinguishable, analogous, interchangeable, a dead ringer (slang), the dead spit (informal), like two peas in a pod Nearly all the houses were identical.
different, separate, unlike, distinct, diverse, disparate

the identical the same, the very same, the selfsame She had the identical quirky mannerisms her father used to have.

Quotations
"Two things are identical if one can be substituted for the other without affecting the truth" [Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Table de définitions]

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identical

adjective

1. Being one and not another or others; not different in nature or identity:

identic, same, selfsame, very.

2. Agreeing exactly in value, quantity, or effect:

equal, equivalent, even, same, tantamount.

Idioms: on a par, one and the same.

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Translations

مُتَطَابِقٌمُطابِق، مُتَطابِقمُماثِل، مُشابِه

stejnýtentýžtotožný

identiskden samme

identischgenau gleich

πανομοιότυπος

idéntico

identtinen

identiqueconforme

identičan

azonosegypetéjű

nákvæmlega einssamur, nákvæmlega eins

identicomonovulariidentica

同一の一卵性の

동일한

identiškaiidentiškumastapatumastapatustas pats

identiskstas patsvienāds

identiek

identisknøyaktig likakkurat den sammeenegget

identyczny

idêntico

идентичныйодинаковый

identičenisti

identisk

เหมือนกันทุกอย่าง

aynıbenzerbirözdeştıpatıp aynı

giống hệt

一样的同一的完全相同的

identical

[aɪˈdentɪkəl]

A. ADJ → idéntico
their status is identical to or with that of all other citizens → su condición es idéntica a or exactamente igual que la de cualquier otro ciudadano

B. CPD identical twins NPL → gemelos mpl idénticos

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identical

[aɪˈdɛntɪk^əl] adj → identique
identical to → identique à

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

identical

adj (= exactly alike) → identisch, (völlig) gleich; (= same) → der-/die-/dasselbe; identical twins → eineiige Zwillinge pl; we have identical views → wir haben die gleichen Ansichten

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identical

[aɪˈdɛntɪˌk/əl] adj → identico/a

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identical

(aiˈdentikəl) adjective

1. the same in every detail. They wore identical dresses. identies مُطابِق، مُتَطابِق иденитичен idêntico stejný identisch identisk ολόιδιος, πανομοιότυποςidéntico samasugune یکجور identtinen identiqueזהה एक जैसा, अभिन्न‍ identičan azonos serupa samur, nákvæmlega eins identico 全く同じの 모든 점에서 같은 tapatus, identiškas identisks; vienāds serupa identiek identisk, nøyaktig lik; eneggetidentyczny كټ مټ، عينى، يوشان idêntico iden­tic одинаковый rovnaký identičen identičan identisk[t lik] เหมือนกัน tıpatıp aynı, benzer, bir 同樣的 однаковий, тотожний بالکل مماثل giống hệt 完全相同的

2. the very same. That is the identical car that I saw outside the bank just before the robbery. identies مُماثِل، مُشابِه еднакув idêntico tentýž genau gleich den samme ίδιος ακριβώς idéntico seesama همانند sama exactement le/la même זהה समान, समरूप jednak ugyanaz identik nákvæmlega eins stesso 同一の 똑 같은 tas pats tas pats sama dezelfde, hetzelfdeakkurat den samme, selveste ten sam يوشان idêntico exact acelaşi тот же самый ten istý isti identičan samma ตรงกัน; เท่ากัน; แบบเดียวกัน aynı 同一的 той самий وہی đúng 同一的

iˈdentically adverb

identies بِصورَة مُتَطابِقَه идентично identicamente stejně, totožně identisch identiskt όμοια idénticamente identselt بطور همسان identtisesti identiquement בְּאוֹפֶן זֵהֶה समरूपता से identično azonosan, egyformán secara identik eins, á sama hátt identicamente 全く同じに 동일하게 identiškai identiski; vienādi dengan serupa identiekidentisk identycznie د یو شان په توګه identicamente identic одинаково rovnako identično identično identiskt อย่างเดียวกัน aynen, tıpkı 同樣地 однаково مماثلت سے tương tự 同样

iˈdenticalness noun

identiesheid تَطابُق، تَماثُل еднаквост semelhança totožnost, stejnost die Gleichheit nøjagtig lighed τέλεια ομοιότητα calidad de idéntico identsus تشابه identtisyys caractère identique שִוויוֹן מוּחלָט समरूपता istovjetnost azonosság kesamaan sem er nákvæmlega eins carattere identico 同一であること 동일함 tapatumas, identiškumas identiskums keserupaan het identiek zijn nøyaktig likhet identyczność يوشان semelhança caracter identic идентичность totožnosť identičnost identičnost identiskhet ความเหมือน aynılık, benzerlik 同樣 ідентичність مماثلت sự giống nhau 同一

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identical

→ مُتَطَابِقٌ totožný identisk identisch πανομοιότυπος idéntico identtinen identique identičan identico 同一の 동일한 identiek identisk identyczny idêntico идентичный identisk เหมือนกันทุกอย่าง özdeş giống hệt 一样的

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identical

a. idéntico-a, igual, mismo-a.

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identical

adj idéntico

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