identical
pronunciation
How to pronounce identical in British English:
UK [aɪˈdentɪkl]
How to pronounce identical in American English:
US [aɪˈdentɪkl]
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- Adjective:
- exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different
- being the exact same one; not any other:
- (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum
- having properties with uniform values along all axes
- coinciding exactly when superimposed
Word Origin
- identical (adj.)
- 1610s, as a term in logic, from Medieval Latin identicus "the same," from Late Latin identitas "identity, sameness," ultimately from comb. form of Latin idem "the same" (from id "it, that one;" see id) + demonstrative suffix -dem. General sense of "being the same or very similar" is from 1630s. Replaced Middle English idemptical (late 15c.), from Medieval Latin idemptitas "identity," from Latin idem. Related: Identically.
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Example
- 1. There were 100 identical safety valves which were checked .
- 2. The chart looks almost identical for u.s. - only searches .
- 3. Identical twins are two children that grew from the same egg .
- 4. For one thing , the eurasian body has two dominant members with overlapping but far from identical strategic aims .
- 5. The rights conferred by marriage and civil partnership-over property , pensions , inheritance and so forth-are virtually identical .