Look up: identity

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   Identity
   The individual characteristics by which a person is recognised.
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   Identity
   The distinctive characteristics of a person`s character or the character of a group which relate to who they are and what is meaningful to them. Some of the main sources of identity include gender, sexual orientation, nationality or ethnicity, and social class. An important marker of an individual`s identity is his or her name, and naming is also important for group identity.
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   identity
   [n] - an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates 2. [n] - the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known 3. [n] - exact sameness 4. [n] - the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
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   Identity
   See social identity
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   Identity
   A math property which states: A+0=A and A*1=A.
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   identity
   A math property which states: A+0=A and A*1=A.
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   Identity
   Our sense of who we are. Our sense of identity organizes our beliefs, capabilities, and behaviours into a single system.
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   identity
   an equation satisfied for all possible choices of values for the variables involved Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • a sequence of one or more characters transmitted by a station in order to identify itself Category: News-systems and communications
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   Identity
   Definition (keystage 3) A statement which says that two expressions are always equal, for any values of their variables.
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    Identity
    I·den'ti·ty noun ; plural Identities . [ French identité , Late Latin identitas , from Latin idem the same, from the root of is he, that; confer Sanskrit idam this. Confer 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 t ...
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    identity
    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. <mat ...
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    identity
    personal identity noun the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; `you can lose your identity when you join the army`
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    identity
    noun 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`
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    identity
    indistinguishability noun exact sameness; `they shared an identity of interests`
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    identity
    identity operator noun an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; `the identity under numerical multiplication is 1`
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    identity
    (i-den´tĭ-te) the group of characteristics by which individuals are recognized by themselves and others. gender identity a person's self-conception as being male and masculine or female and feminine, or ambivalent. It is usually based on physical characteristics, parental at...
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    Identity
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) An identical equation. • (n.) The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness.
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    identity
    (from the article `logic, philosophy of`) ...presupposed in an interpretation, or the domain of individuals. Its members are said to be quantified over in `(`)` or `($).` Furthermore, (3) the ... One further extension of LPC is usually made in modern logic. One special dyadic relation, represented by the equality sig...
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    identity
    (from the article `Eckhart, Meister`) 3. Identity: Eckhart`s numerous statements on identity between God and the soul can be easily misunderstood. He never has substantial identity in ...
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    identity
    A statement that two expressions are always equal, for any values of their variables.
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    identity
    identity, in philosophy, problem of distinguishing sameness from change, or unity from diversity; primarily examined in connection with personal identity, universals, and the law of identity in logic. In personal identity the concern has been to determine whether anything in the body or mind remains...
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    Identity
    (Lat. identicus, from identidem, repeatedly) In psychology: personal identity, or the continuous existence of the personality despite physiological and psychological changes. See Identity, law of -- J.K.F.
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