Identical
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Identical may refer to:
- IdentityIdentity-Philosophical topics:* Identity , also called sameness, is whatever makes an entity definable and recognizable* Law of identity, principle of logic stating that an object is the same as itself...
. sameness - SimilaritySimilarity-Specific definitions:Different fields provide differing definitions of similarity:-In computer science:* string metric, aka string similarity* semantic similarity in computational linguistics-In other fields:...
- Identical (novel)Identical (novel)Identical is Ellen Hopkins' fifth novel, released in August 2008.- Premise :Kaeleigh and Raeanne are identical down to the dimple. As daughters of a judge father and mother running to be a congress women, they are an all-American family—on the surface...
, a 2008 young adult novel - Identical particlesIdentical particlesIdentical particles, or indistinguishable particles, are particles that cannot be distinguished from one another, even in principle. Species of identical particles include elementary particles such as electrons, and, with some clauses, composite particles such as atoms and molecules.There are two...
, particles that cannot be distinguished from one another - Identical twinsTwinA twin is one of two offspring produced in the same pregnancy. Twins can either be monozygotic , meaning that they develop from one zygote that splits and forms two embryos, or dizygotic because they develop from two separate eggs that are fertilized by two separate sperm.In contrast, a fetus...
, two offspring resulting from the same pregnancy in which a single egg is fertilized