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Definition of identical in English: identicaladjective ʌɪˈdɛntɪk(ə)lˌaɪˈdɛn(t)ək(ə)l 1Similar in every detail; exactly alike. four girls in identical green outfits the passage on the second floor was identical to the one below Example sentencesExamples - To the untrained ear, the Wagnerian clarinet sounds almost identical to its more modern cousin.
- For the final day, Torrance has picked an outfit identical to the one he wore while sinking that putt 17 years ago.
- They found it in several Impressionist paintings in which some of the main visual themes were identical to myopic vision.
- Each room is bright white and practically identical to the next, with only minor differences.
- Their intermarriage rate is 21%, nearly identical to that of other religious groups.
- The survival rate for men in America is nearly identical to women.
- The bakers Warburtons are running a TV commercial for a new loaf that is identical to a wholemeal loaf - except that it is white.
- He was playing a tune that was almost identical to Rod Stewart's Sailing but wasn't quite, presumably for copyright reasons.
- It was otherwise identical to the other Pizza Express restaurants in every detail.
- In many ways, many of the church's messages today are similar but far from identical to those preached by Martin Luther.
- Some of the ‘actors’ live lives identical to the parts they play in the movie.
- The new towns today are not identical to the blueprints that birthed them.
- According to Emily's father, Ross looks almost identical to his porcelain-complexioned daughter.
- After the exam I was handed off to the saleslady; we found frames identical to my present set.
- This show was almost identical to the afternoon show, with a song or two swapped out on the set list, plus a song from Silver as a favor to label owner, Cory.
- The really fascinating thing about apples, though, is that each apple is genetically identical to other apples of the same variety.
- The scam is almost identical to one three years ago when a group of South Africans trying to con another Asian entrepreneur were caught in a police sting.
- And in this film, more than any before it, the generated people look almost identical to the real thing.
- It's always different, and no situation is identical to anything else.
- As with the prints in the palm of human beings, which varies from person to person, no cobra is identical to another, he said.
Synonyms similar, alike, (exactly) the same, indistinguishable, uniform, twin, interchangeable, undifferentiated, homogeneous, of a piece, cut from the same cloth corresponding, correspondent, commensurate, equivalent, matching, like, parallel, analogous, comparable, cognate, equal informal like (two) peas in a pod, much of a muchness, (like) Tweedledum and Tweedledee - 1.1 (of twins) developed from a single fertilized ovum, and therefore of the same sex and usually very similar in appearance.
Compare with fraternal (sense 2) Example sentencesExamples - The shared genetic identity of identical twins does not mean two persons who are simply clones of one another.
- Since they are identical twins, they have to be the same sex, so twin 1 might be John Smith and twin 2 might be James Smith.
- Siamese twins are identical twins who develop with a single placenta from a single zygote.
- I didn't know why but having identical twins sounded so cute.
- If one of a pair of identical twins develops leukaemia, in one out of four cases the other will also do so, within weeks or months.
- They were identical twins, though, and they loved each other's company.
- Jesse and William, identical twins, were born two years later, and Tyrelle, two years after them.
- She took into account the different ties and shirts, and realized that the pair must be identical twins.
- Even identical twins do not have exactly the same interests or personality.
- Overall, a person with a gay identical twin is at least 10 times more likely to be gay.
- Born as identical twins in Wales, they grew up in the UK with a mother with major mental illness and a shared history of abuse.
- Unless you have an identical twin with extra hair to donate, you must serve as your own donor.
- The prenatal environment also has a major influence on differences between identical twins.
- Just as identical twins are unique people, not the same person split in two.
- It is not for nothing that the fingerprints of identical twins are not identical.
- The audience will be made up of groups including identical twins and students (the rest will be confirmed).
- My sister is Reese, and she's my identical twin, but our personalities are like night and day.
- Studies of identical twins suggest that your baseline metabolism is determined at birth.
- They are a rare form of identical twins, which are created when a fertilised egg splits into two embryos.
- In his place now stands Cary, Grant's identical twin brother plus an extra hundred pounds.
- 1.2attributive (of something encountered on separate occasions) the same.
she stole a suitcase from the identical station at which she had been arrested before Example sentencesExamples - The solicitor should not be exposed to two separate actions for the identical loss.
- Does a restaurant get three stars here only if the identical restaurant would get three stars in Paris?
Synonyms the same, the very same, one and the same, the selfsame, the very aforementioned, previously mentioned, aforesaid, aforenamed, previously described, above, above-stated foregoing, preceding, precedent, earlier, previous
2Mathematics Logic
Expressing an identity. Example sentencesExamples - When the series terminates with the identical operation, G is said to be an integrable group; in the contrary case G is called non- integrable.
- Two sets are said to be identical when for each element of the one set an identical element of the other set can be given.
Origin Late 16th century (in sense 2): from medieval Latin identicus, from late Latin identitas (see identity). Definition of identical in US English: identicaladjectiveˌīˈden(t)ək(ə)lˌaɪˈdɛn(t)ək(ə)l 1Similar in every detail; exactly alike. four girls in identical green outfits the passage on the second floor was identical to the one below Example sentencesExamples - Their intermarriage rate is 21%, nearly identical to that of other religious groups.
- As with the prints in the palm of human beings, which varies from person to person, no cobra is identical to another, he said.
- Some of the ‘actors’ live lives identical to the parts they play in the movie.
- It's always different, and no situation is identical to anything else.
- The bakers Warburtons are running a TV commercial for a new loaf that is identical to a wholemeal loaf - except that it is white.
- According to Emily's father, Ross looks almost identical to his porcelain-complexioned daughter.
- And in this film, more than any before it, the generated people look almost identical to the real thing.
- The scam is almost identical to one three years ago when a group of South Africans trying to con another Asian entrepreneur were caught in a police sting.
- After the exam I was handed off to the saleslady; we found frames identical to my present set.
- It was otherwise identical to the other Pizza Express restaurants in every detail.
- In many ways, many of the church's messages today are similar but far from identical to those preached by Martin Luther.
- For the final day, Torrance has picked an outfit identical to the one he wore while sinking that putt 17 years ago.
- The new towns today are not identical to the blueprints that birthed them.
- Each room is bright white and practically identical to the next, with only minor differences.
- The survival rate for men in America is nearly identical to women.
- To the untrained ear, the Wagnerian clarinet sounds almost identical to its more modern cousin.
- The really fascinating thing about apples, though, is that each apple is genetically identical to other apples of the same variety.
- This show was almost identical to the afternoon show, with a song or two swapped out on the set list, plus a song from Silver as a favor to label owner, Cory.
- He was playing a tune that was almost identical to Rod Stewart's Sailing but wasn't quite, presumably for copyright reasons.
- They found it in several Impressionist paintings in which some of the main visual themes were identical to myopic vision.
Synonyms similar, alike, the same, exactly the same, indistinguishable, uniform, twin, interchangeable, undifferentiated, homogeneous, of a piece, cut from the same cloth - 1.1 (of twins) developed from a single fertilized ovum, and therefore of the same sex and usually very similar in appearance.
Compare with fraternal (sense 2) Example sentencesExamples - Siamese twins are identical twins who develop with a single placenta from a single zygote.
- Since they are identical twins, they have to be the same sex, so twin 1 might be John Smith and twin 2 might be James Smith.
- The prenatal environment also has a major influence on differences between identical twins.
- The shared genetic identity of identical twins does not mean two persons who are simply clones of one another.
- They are a rare form of identical twins, which are created when a fertilised egg splits into two embryos.
- I didn't know why but having identical twins sounded so cute.
- Unless you have an identical twin with extra hair to donate, you must serve as your own donor.
- Studies of identical twins suggest that your baseline metabolism is determined at birth.
- Born as identical twins in Wales, they grew up in the UK with a mother with major mental illness and a shared history of abuse.
- She took into account the different ties and shirts, and realized that the pair must be identical twins.
- Just as identical twins are unique people, not the same person split in two.
- It is not for nothing that the fingerprints of identical twins are not identical.
- Even identical twins do not have exactly the same interests or personality.
- They were identical twins, though, and they loved each other's company.
- The audience will be made up of groups including identical twins and students (the rest will be confirmed).
- Overall, a person with a gay identical twin is at least 10 times more likely to be gay.
- If one of a pair of identical twins develops leukaemia, in one out of four cases the other will also do so, within weeks or months.
- Jesse and William, identical twins, were born two years later, and Tyrelle, two years after them.
- In his place now stands Cary, Grant's identical twin brother plus an extra hundred pounds.
- My sister is Reese, and she's my identical twin, but our personalities are like night and day.
- 1.2attributive (of something encountered on separate occasions) the same.
she stole a suitcase from the identical station at which she had been arrested before Example sentencesExamples - The solicitor should not be exposed to two separate actions for the identical loss.
- Does a restaurant get three stars here only if the identical restaurant would get three stars in Paris?
Synonyms the same, the very same, one and the same, the selfsame, the very
2Logic Mathematics
Expressing an identity. Example sentencesExamples - When the series terminates with the identical operation, G is said to be an integrable group; in the contrary case G is called non- integrable.
- Two sets are said to be identical when for each element of the one set an identical element of the other set can be given.
Origin Late 16th century (in identical (sense 2)): from medieval Latin identicus, from late Latin identitas (see identity). |