Meaning of word identical

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From identic +‎ -al.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/, /aɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Hyphenation: i‧den‧ti‧cal

Adjective[edit]

identical (comparative more identical, superlative most identical)

1. (not comparable) Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.

   • 1911, “Bank-Notes”, in Encyclopædia Britannica:

     By this means as many absolutely identical plates can be produced as may be required, and being hardened they will yield a very large number of prints without any appreciable deterioration.

   • 1972, James H. Rossell, William Wayne Frasure, Managerial Accounting:

     For example, assume that 10000 identical chairs were produced through incurring the following costs:…

   • 1988, John Byrum, Cells:

     The zygote soon divides into two identical cells.

2. (not comparable) Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; numerically identical.

   • ?, Charles Dickens, The Pantomime of Life:

     The best of the joke, too, is, that the very coal-merchant who is loudest in his complaints against the person who defrauded him, is the identical man who sat in the centre of the very front row of the pit last night and laughed the most boisterously at this very same thing,—and not so well done either.

   • 1911, Arthur William Holland, “Habsburg”, in Encyclopædia Britannica:

     These men were grandsons of a certain Guntram, who, according to some authorities, is identical with a Count Guntram who flourished during the reign of the emperor Otto the Great, and whose ancestry can be traced back to the time of the Merovingian kings.

   • 1922, Petronius, Satyricon, translation of original by W. C. Firebaugh:

     Nor could I myself look upon this man without some emotion, for he seemed to be the identical person who had picked up the ragged tunic in the lonely wood, and, as a matter of fact, he was!

3. (not comparable, biology) Of twins, sharing the same genetic code.
4. (not comparable, mathematics) Exactly equivalent.
5. (comparable, rare) Approximating or approaching exact equivalence.
   • 1788, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, The Federalist, XLI:

     The terms of Article 8th are still more identical.

• For more quotations using this term, see Citations:identical.

Usage notes[edit]

• In mathematics, this adjective can be used in phrases like «A and B are identical», «A is identical to B», and, less commonly, «A is identical with B».

Synonyms[edit]

• (bearing full likeness): same
• (selfsame): same, selfsame
• (sharing same genetic code): monozygotic, monovular

Antonyms[edit]

• contrasting
• different
• distinct
• non-identical

Coordinate terms[edit]

• (of twins): dizygotic

Derived terms[edit]

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Collocations[edit]

Translations[edit]

Noun[edit]

identical (plural identicals)

1. (usually pluralized, chiefly philosophy) Something which has exactly the same properties as something else.
2. An identical twin.
   • 2014, Robert S. Woodworth, Donald G. Marquis, Psychology (Psychology Revivals): A Study of Mental Life (page 171)

     Fraternal twins are boy-girl pairs as often as of the same sex, while identicals are necessarily of the same sex, […]

Derived terms[edit]

• indiscernibility of identicals

References[edit]

• identical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “identical”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• identical at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams[edit]

• ctenidial, diclinate, dinetical

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  1) одина́ковый, иденти́чный, тожде́ственный (with)

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > identical

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  Персональный Сократ > identical

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  identical идентичный, одинаковый, тождественный, сходный

  English-Russian dictionary of biology and biotechnology > identical

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  1. a тот же самый

  2. a одинаковый, идентичный, тождественный

  3. a биол. монозиготный, однояйцовый

  Синонимический ряд:

  1. exactly alike (adj.) analogous; duplicate; exactly alike; indistinguishable; interchangeable; just the same; twin

  2. same (adj.) equal; equivalent; even; exact; identic; precise; same; selfsame; tantamount; very

  3. similar (adj.) akin; alike; cognate; like; matching; similar

  Антонимический ряд:

  English-Russian base dictionary > identical

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  [aɪˈdentɪkəl]

  identical идентичный identical одинаковый identical сходный identical тождественный identical тот же самый (об одном предмете) identical тот же самый

  English-Russian short dictionary > identical

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  [aıʹdentık(ə)l]

  this is the identical volume from which he read — это та самая книга, по которой он читал

  both events happened on the identical day — оба события произошли в один и тот же день

  2. одинаковый, идентичный, тождественный

  the fingerprints of no two persons are identical — нет двух людей с одинаковыми отпечатками пальцев

  3.

  монозиготный, однояйцовый ()

  НБАРС > identical

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  1) идентичный, одинаковый

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  English-Russian scientific dictionary > identical

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  Англо-русский технический словарь > identical

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  Англо-русский синонимический словарь > identical

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  [aɪ’dentɪk(ə)l]
  1.

  прил.

  This is the very identical man. — Это тот же самый человек.

  2) такой же, одинаковый, идентичный

  His hat is identical to mine. — У него такая же шляпа, как и у меня.

  The number of the card is identical with the one on the checkbook. — Номер карты идентичен тому, что стоит на чековой книжке.

  3)

  лог.

  выражающий тождество

  2.

  сущ.

  Англо-русский современный словарь > identical

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  1) тот же са́мый

  2) то́чно тако́й же

  The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > identical

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  adjective

  1) тот же самый (об одном предмете); the identical room where Shakespeare was born та самая комната, в которой родился Шекспир

  2) одинаковый, идентичный, тождественный (with)

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  (a) идентичный; тождественный

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  [i’den·ti·cal || aɪ’dentɪkl]
  тот же самый, одинаковый, идентичный, тождественный

  * * *

  единообразный

  идентичен

  идентичный

  одинаков

  одинаковый

  сходный

  тождествен

  тождественный

  * * *

  1. прил.
  1) тот же самый (об одном предмете)
  2) такой же, одинаковый, идентичный (to; with)
  3) логика выражающий тождество
  2. сущ.
  1) мн. одинаковые предметы
  2) один из однояйцевых близнецов

  Новый англо-русский словарь > identical

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  Англо-русский словарь по робототехнике > identical

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  (

  ЛДП

  — не только идентичный!)

  z-axis is identical with the axis of rotation ось z совпадает с осью вращения

  English-Russian dictionary of scientific and technical difficulties vocabulary > identical

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  English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary > identical

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  English-Russian big medical dictionary > identical

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  1. тождественный

  Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > identical

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  тождественный ; одинаковый ; идентичный ;

  Англо-Русский словарь финансовых терминов > identical

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  aɪˈdentɪkəlодинаковый, сходный, идентичный, тождественный

  Англо-русский словарь экономических терминов > identical

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  тождественный, одинаковый, идентичный

  Англо-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности > identical

Last Updated:
6 Apr 2023
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