Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: identical

'identical'

[identical.s.01] as in: exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different

Examples:
rows of identical houses
cars identical except for their license plates
they wore indistinguishable hats

'identical'

[identical.s.02] as in: being the exact same one; not any other:

Examples:
this is the identical room we stayed in before
the themes of his stories are one and the same
saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers
on this very spot
the very thing he said yesterday
the very man I want to see

'identical'

[identical.a.03] as in: (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum

Examples:
identical twins are monovular

'identical'

[identical.s.03] as in: having properties with uniform values along all axes

'identical'

[identical.s.04] as in: coinciding exactly when superimposed

Examples:
identical triangles

Origins

					identical (English)
├── -al (English)
└── identic (English)
    └── identique (French)
        └── identicus (Latin)
            └── identi- (Latin)
                └── idem (Latin)