English▸ adjective
1 similar in every detail; exactly alike:
four girls in identical green outfits
the passage on the second floor was identical to the one below.
▪ (of twins) developed from a single fertilized ovum, and therefore of the same sex and usually very similar in appearance. Compare with fraternal (sense 2 of the adjective)
▪ [attributive] (of something encountered on separate occasions) the same:
she stole a suitcase from the identical station at which she had been arrested before.
– ORIGIN late 16th century (in identical (sense 2 of the adjective)): from medieval Latin identicus, from late Latin identitas (see identity).