Hypertext Webster Gateway: "identical"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Identic \I*den"tic\, Identical \I*den"tic*al\, a.
In diplomacy (esp. in the form identic), precisely agreeing
in sentiment or opinion and form or manner of expression; --
applied to concerted action or language which is used by two
or more governments in treating with another government.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Identical \I*den"tic*al\, a. [Cf. F. identique. See {Identity}.]
1. The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as,
the identical person or thing.
I can not remember a thing that happened a year ago,
without a conviction . . . that I, the same
identical person who now remember that event, did
then exist. --Reid.
2. Uttering sameness or the same truth; expressing in the
predicate what is given, or obviously implied, in the
subject; tautological.
When you say body is solid, I say that you make an
identical proposition, because it is impossible to
have the idea of body without that of solidity.
--Fleming.
{Identical equation} (Alg.), an equation which is true for
all values of the algebraic symbols which enter into it.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
identical
adj 1: exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different;
"rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for
their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable
hats" [syn: {indistinguishable}]
2: 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" [syn: {one
and the same(p)}, {selfsame(a)}, {very(a)}]
3: (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum; "identical
twins are monovular" [syn: {monovular}] [ant: {fraternal}]
4: (physics) having properties with uniform values along all
axes
5: coinciding exactly when superimposed; "identical triangles"
[syn: {superposable}]
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