n evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing
n the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established
the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest identification of the gun was an important clue
n the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
n the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)
n a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought
n a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought
n the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
you can lose your identity when you join the army
n the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known
geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it it was too dark to determine his identity she guessed the identity of his lover
n an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates
the identity under numerical multiplication is 1
n exact sameness
they shared an identity of interests