1. (

• identical ,
• indistinguishable

) exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different; "rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats" ;

2. (

• identical ,
• selfsame ,
• very

) being the exact same one; not any other:; "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" ;

3. (

• identical ,
• monovular

) (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum; "identical twins are monovular" ;

4. (

• identical

) having properties with uniform values along all axes ;

5. (

• identical ,
• superposable

) coinciding exactly when superimposed; "identical triangles" ;