Hypertext Webster Gateway: "identity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Identity \I*den"ti*ty\, n.; pl. {Identities}. [F. identit['e],
LL. identitas, fr. L. idem the same, from the root of is he,
that; cf. Skr. idam this. Cf. {Item}.]
1. The state or quality of being identical, or the same;
sameness.
Identity is a relation between our cognitions of a
thing, not between things themselves. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
2. The condition of being the same with something described
or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to
establish the identity of stolen goods.
3. (Math.) An identical equation.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
identity
n 1: the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a
persisting entity: "you can lose your identity when you
join the army" [syn: {individuality}]
2: collective aspect of the set of characteristics by which a
thing is recognizable or known
3: an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it
operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is
1" [syn: {identity element}, {identity operator}]
4: exact sameness; "they shared an identity of interests" [syn:
{identicalness}, {indistinguishability}]
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