a. | 1. | The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; | |||
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.
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Adj. | 1. | identical - exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different; "rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats" Synonyms: indistinguishable |
2. | identical - 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" | |
3. | identical - (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum; "identical twins are monovular" Synonyms: monovular | |
4. | identical - having properties with uniform values along all axes | |
5. | identical - coinciding exactly when superimposed; "identical triangles" Synonyms: superposable |