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English adjective: identical

1. identical exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different


SamplesRows of identical houses.
Cars identical except for their license plates.
They wore indistinguishable hats.


Synonymsindistinguishable


Similarsame


Antonymsdifferent

2. identical being the exact same one; not any other:


SamplesThis 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.


Synonymsselfsame, very


Similarsame


Antonymsother

3. identical (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum


SamplesIdentical twins are monovular.


Synonymsmonovular


Antonymsbiovular, fraternal

4. identical having properties with uniform values along all axes


Similarisotropic, isotropous


Domain categorynatural philosophy, physics


Antonymsanisotropic

5. identical coinciding exactly when superimposed


SamplesIdentical triangles.


Synonymssuperposable


Similarcongruent


Antonymsincongruent









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