identical
//ɪˈdɛntɪkl̩//
Forms
- Comparative
- more identical
- Superlative
- most identical
- Plural
- identicals
Definitions
1.Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.
- The zygote soon divides into two identical cells.
- My car is identical with the one my mom has just bought.
- For example, assume that 10000 identical chairs were produced through incurring the following costs:..
2.Of twins, sharing the same genetic code.
3.Exactly equivalent.
4.Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; numerically identical.
- 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!
1.Something which has exactly the same properties as something else.
2.A rhyme on the same syllable, such as "leave" and "believe".
- The strictest construction of the rule requires complete and unvarying repetition of end-words, but some license is granted in the use of identicals.
3.An identical twin.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4229
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From identic + -al.