{ I*den"tic, I*den"tic*al },
a. In diplomacy (esp. in the form
identic), precisely agreeing in sentiment or opinion and form
or manner of expression; -- applied to concerted action or language
which is used by two or more governments in treating with another
government.
I*den"tic*al (?), a. [Cf. F.
identique. See Identity.] 1. The
same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the
identical person or thing.
I can not remember a thing that happened a year ago,
without a conviction . . . that I, the same identical person
who now remember that event, did then exist.
Reid.
2. Uttering sameness or the same truth;
expressing in the predicate what is given, or obviously implied, in
the subject; tautological.
When you say body is solid, I say that you make an
identical proposition, because it is impossible to have the
idea of body without that of solidity.
Fleming.
Identical equation (Alg.), an
equation which is true for all values of the algebraic symbols which
enter into it.
{ I*den"tic, I*den"tic*al },
a. In diplomacy (esp. in the form
identic), precisely agreeing in sentiment or opinion and form
or manner of expression; -- applied to concerted action or language
which is used by two or more governments in treating with another
government.