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Adjective: identical  I'den-ti-kul
  1. Exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different
    "rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their licence plates"
    - indistinguishable
     
  2. Being the exact same one; not any other:
    "this is the identical room we stayed in before"
    - selfsame, very
     
  3. (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum
    "identical twins are monovular"
    - monovular
     
  4. Having properties with uniform values along all axes
     
  5. Coinciding exactly when superimposed
    "identical triangles"
    - superposable

See also: congruent, identically, identity, isotropic, isotropous, same

Antonym: fraternal

Encyclopedia: Identical