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identical

Syllabification: (i·den·ti·cal)
Pronunciation: /īˈdentikəl/

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Definition of identical

adjective

  • 1similar in every detail; exactly alike:four girls in identical green outfits the passage on the second floor was identical to the one below
  • (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).
  • [attributive] (of something encountered on separate occasions) the same:she stole a suitcase from the identical station at which she had been arrested before
  • 2 Logic & Mathematics expressing an identity:an identical proposition

Derivatives

identically

Pronunciation: /-ik(ə)lē/

adverb

Origin:

late 16th century (identical (sense 2)): from medieval Latin identicus, from late Latin identitas (see identity)

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