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• s  exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different
  rows of identical houses
  cars identical except for their license plates
• s  being the exact same one; not any other:
  this is the identical room we stayed in before
• a  (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum
  identical twins are monovular
• s  having properties with uniform values along all axes
• s  coinciding exactly when superimposed
  identical triangles

• Identical twins reared together are similar, but they are not literally identical: one may be more anxious than the other; one may be gay and the other heterosexual.
• Like many identical twins reared apart, Jim Lewis and Jim Springer found they had been leading eerily similar lives.
• Identical twins are living proof that identical DNA doesn't mean identical people.

• indistinguishable
• selfsame
• very
• monovular
• superposable

• fraternal

News & Articles

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• New MacBook Air still stymies repairs, upgrades
  Computerworld - Apple's newest MacBook Air, nearly identical to its predecessor, is not any easier to repair, iFixit said this week after tearing apart one of the just-released ultra-light notebooks.
  June 13, 2013 - Computerworld
• A Sense of Adventure May Distinguish Identical Twins From Each Other
  Curiosity may be key to distinguishing among identical twins — at least when it comes to rodents. A new study of genetically identical mice throws more data into the long-running debate over how nurture affects nature — demonstrating for the first time that how inquisitive the animals are could affect the birth of new brain cells in a memory-related brain region and establish different volumes ...
  June 11, 2013 - Wellness
• Nearly identical charges for Fitchburg twins in alleged assault
  FITCHBURG -- Twin 16-year-old boys were arrested Thursday night on nearly identical charges after an alleged assault that included the use of a stun gun on their stepfather, according to police.
  June 9, 2013 - Sentinel & Enterprise

Quotes

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• Ehud Olmert in USA Today
  I believe, looking at the returns in my election, that had Lynn Swann been the identical candidate that he was -- well-spoken, charismatic, good-looking -- but white instead of black, instead of winning by 22 points, I would have won by 17 or... Ed Rendell http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Rendell&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNG9U99h993ZvuBTrtpu30YTgBtJIQ MSNBC http://www.google.com/url?q=http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/13/661125.aspx&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEyJ4d13PEbtUMgyN-CFBpVH7K3eQ Feb 13, 2008 49291 67045 identical A Palestinian government that won't accept the Quartet conditions won't receive recognition and cooperation," Olmert said. "The American and Israeli positions are totally identical on this issue."
• Barack Obama in guardian.co.uk
  None of those were in the president's provisions. They are identical to the things I called for the day that (Treasury) Secretary (Henry) Paulson released his package,Obama said. "That I think is an indication of the degree to which when...