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2009 Jun 16

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noun, the individual characteristics by which a person or thing is recognized

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1) noun, the state of having unique identifying characteristics held by no other person or thing
2) noun, the individual characteristics by which a person or thing is recognized
3) noun, Also called: numerical identity the property of being one and the same individual
4) noun, Also called: qualitative identity the state of being the same in nature, quality, etc
5) noun, the state of being the same as a person or thing described or claimed
6) noun, identification of oneself as
7) noun, logic a) that relation that holds only between any entity and itself b) an assertion that that relation holds, as Cicero is Tully
8) noun, maths a) an equation that is valid for all values of its variables, as in (x – y)(x + y) = x² – y². Often denoted by the symbol ≡ b)Also called: identity element a member of a set that when operating on another member, x, produces that member x: the identity for multiplication of numbers is 1 since x.1 = 1.x = x. See also inverse
9) noun, a well-known person, esp in a specified locality; figure (esp in the phrase an old identity)

C16: from Late Latin identitās, from Latin idem the same

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