Definizione monolingua

identical

identical (plural identicals)

1. (usually pluralized, chiefly philosophy) Something which has exactly the same properties as something else.

identical (comparative more identical, superlative most identical)

1. (not comparable) Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.
   • 1911, “Bank-Notes”, in Encyclopædia Britannica:

     By this means as many absolutely identical plates can be produced as may be required, and being hardened they will yield a very large number of prints without any appreciable deterioration.

   • 1972, James H. Rossell, William Wayne Frasure, Managerial Accounting:

     For example, assume that 10000 identical chairs were produced through incurring the following costs:...

   • 1988, John Byrum, Cells:

     The zygote soon divides into two identical cells.

2. (not comparable) Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; numerically identical.
   • ?, Charles Dickens, The Pantomime of Life:

     The best of the joke, too, is, that the very coal-merchant who is loudest in his complaints against the person who defrauded him, is the identical man who sat in the centre of the very front row of the pit last night and laughed the most boisterously at this very same thing,--and not so well done either.

   • 1911, Arthur William Holland, “Habsburg”, in Encyclopædia Britannica:

     These men were grandsons of a certain Guntram, who, according to some authorities, is identical with a Count Guntram who flourished during the reign of the emperor Otto the Great, and whose ancestry can be traced back to the time of the Merovingian kings.

   • 1922, Petronius, Satyricon, translation of original by W. C. Firebaugh:

     Nor could I myself look upon this man without some emotion, for he seemed to be the identical person who had picked up the ragged tunic in the lonely wood, and, as a matter of fact, he was!

3. (not comparable) Having some particular qualities or characteristics in common, but not all of them.
   • 1911, “Aerarii”, in Encyclopædia Britannica:

     The expressions ""tribu movere"" and ""aerarium facere,"" regarded by Mommsen as identical in meaning (""to degrade from a higher tribe to a lower""), are explained by A. H. J. Greenidge ...

   • 1915, Richard Biddle Faulkner, The Tonsils and the Voice in Science, Surgery, Speech and Song:

     Without this distinction, it is impossible to discuss intelligently the subject of tonsils, because these organs, while identical in histological structure, are not identical in their gross anatomy.

   • 1990, Richard Johnsonbaugh, Discrete Mathematics:

     Four coins are identical in appearance, but one coin is either heavier or lighter than the others, which all weigh the same.

4. (not comparable, biology) Of twins, sharing the same genetic code.
5. (not comparable, mathematics) Exactly equivalent.
6. (comparable, rare) Approximating or approaching exact equivalence.
   • 1788, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, The Federalist, XLI:

     The terms of Article 8th are still more identical.

Definizione dizionario identical

	identico
	bearing full likeness
	Avere una qualità specifica che ha anche qualcun'altro.
	Having a specified quality that another has.

	monovulari
	of twins, such that they share the same genetic code

	stesso
	Avere una qualità specifica che ha anche qualcun'altro.
	Having a specified quality that another has.

	uguale
	Avere una qualità specifica che ha anche qualcun'altro.
	Having a specified quality that another has.

identica

medesimo

Altri significati:

(usually pluralized, chiefly philosophy) Something which has exactly the same properties as something else.

(not comparable, mathematics) Exactly equivalent.

(comparable, rare) Approximating or approaching exact equivalence.

(not comparable) Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; numerically identical.

same (kind)

selfsame

(not comparable, biology) Of twins, sharing the same genetic code.

mathematics: exactly equivalent

common (origin)

(not comparable) Having some particular qualities or characteristics in common, but not all of them.

(not comparable) Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.