different between identical vs nonidentity
identical
English
Etymology
From identic +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??d?nt?kl?/, /a??d?nt?kl?/
- Hyphenation: i?den?ti?cal
Adjective
identical (comparative more identical, superlative most identical)
- (not comparable) Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.
- (not comparable) Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; numerically identical.
- (not comparable, biology) Of twins, sharing the same genetic code.
- (not comparable, mathematics) Exactly equivalent.
- (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.
- 1788, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, The Federalist, XLI:
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:identical.
Usage notes
- In mathematics, this adjective can be used in phrases like "A and B are identical", "A is identical to B", and, less commonly, "A is identical with B".
- Adverbs often used with "identical": absolutely, almost, nearly, practically, virtually, substantially.
Synonyms
- (bearing full likeness): same
- (selfsame): same, selfsame
Antonyms
- contrasting
- different
- distinct
- non-identical
Coordinate terms
- (of twins): dizygotic
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
identical (plural identicals)
- (usually pluralized, chiefly philosophy) Something which has exactly the same properties as something else.
- An identical twin.
Derived terms
- indiscernibility of identicals
References
- identical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- identical in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- identical at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- ctenidial, diclinate, dinetical
identical From the web:
- what identical means
- what identical twins means
- what identical twins
- what identical twins have
- what's identical equation
- what identical strands of a chromosome called
- what identically distributed
- what identical cells
nonidentity
English
Alternative forms
- non-identity
Etymology
non- +? identity
Noun
nonidentity (plural nonidentities)
- Difference, distinction; failure to be identical.
- (mathematics) An operator which modifies its operand, and which therefore is not the identity.
Derived terms
- nonidentity problem
nonidentity From the web:
- what does non identity mean
- what is the nonidentity problem
- what are non identity functions
- what non binary identity am i
- what does non identity
- what does lack of identity mean
- what does it mean to have no identity
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