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identical

/aɪˈdɛntɪkəl/

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What does identical mean?

adjective

  1. Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.
  2. Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; numerically identical.
  3. Of twins, sharing the same genetic code.
More meanings (5)

adjective

  1. Exactly equivalent.
  2. (rare) Approximating or approaching exact equivalence.

noun

  1. Something which has exactly the same properties as something else.
  2. An identical twin.
  3. A rhyme on the same syllable, such as "leave" and "believe".

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IPA pronunciation

/aɪˈdɛntɪkəl/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Are they not the identical means on which every State government in the Union relies for the attainment of these important ends?
Alexander Hamilton; John Jay; James MadisonThe Federalist PapersProject Gutenberg ebook #18
In the case of the use of an identical sign for identical goods or services, a likelihood of confusion shall be presumed.
CanadaNorth American Free Trade Agreement, 1992 Oct. 7 Tariff Phasing DescriptionsProject Gutenberg ebook #89
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He said he couldn’t scarcely believe he was standing on the very identical spot the prince flew from on the Bronze Horse.
Mark TwainTom Sawyer AbroadProject Gutenberg ebook #91
If the progress of reason tends to separate us from Divinity, how could God and man be identical in point of reason?
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonSystem of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of MiseryProject Gutenberg ebook #444
On either side the islands are situated on moderately deep submarine banks, and they are inhabited by closely allied or identical quadrupeds.
Charles DarwinOn the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for LifeProject Gutenberg ebook #1228