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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Identity \I*den"ti*ty\, n.; pl {Identities}. [F. identit['e], LL identitas fr L. idem the same from the root of is he that cf Skr. idam this Cf {Item}.] 1. The state or quality of being identical, or the same sameness. Identity is a relation between our cognitions of a thing not between things themselves. --Sir W. Hamilton. 2. The condition of being the same with something described or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as to establish the identity of stolen goods. 3. (Math.) An identical equation. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: identity n 1: the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity: "you can lose your identity when you join the army" [syn: {individuality}] 2: collective aspect of the set of characteristics by which a thing is recognizable or known 3: an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1" [syn: {identity element}, {identity operator}] 4: exact sameness; "they shared an identity of interests" [syn: {identicalness}, {indistinguishability}]
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