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Word: Identity
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘quality of being identical’): via French from late Latin identitas, from Latin idem ‘same’
ʌɪˈdɛntɪti
the fact of being who or what a person or thing is
Short Definition:fact of being particular person or thing
Examples:- he knows the identity of the bombers
- she believes she is the victim of mistaken identity
a close similarity or affinity
Short Definition:close similarity or affinity
Examples:- an identity between the company's own interests and those of the local community
a transformation that leaves an object unchanged.
Short Definition:transformation leaving object unchanged
the equality of two expressions for all values of the quantities expressed by letters, or an equation expressing this, e.g. (x + 1)² = x² + 2x + 1.
Short Definition:type of equation
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