Definition of "identical" []

• Being the same: another orator who used the senator's identical words. (adjective)
• Exactly equal and alike. (adjective)
• Having such a close similarity or resemblance as to be essentially equal or interchangeable. (adjective)
• Biology Of or relating to a twin or twins developed from the same fertilized ovum and having the same genetic makeup and closely similar appearance; monozygotic. (adjective)

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• "Thus Theseus 2 can be identical with Theseus 1 only in a “loose and popular” sense of ˜identical™."
• "In using the term identical it is intended to designate just one unit of the course, as English I, or Latin II."
• "However, the term identical twins actually refers to a type of twinning, and describes how they form, not what they look like."