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countable and uncountable, plural identities
Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same. quotations examples
[…] suggesting the two are different stages of the same species. The identity of the two species is further suggested by allozyme analysis […]
1997, “Hydrothermal Vent Fauna”, in Advances in Marine Biology: The Biogeography of the Oceans, page 111
The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves. examples
A name or persona—a mask or appearance one presents to the world—by which one is known. examples
(mathematics) An equation which always holds true regardless of the choice of input variables. examples
(algebra, computing) Any function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves. examples
(algebra) An element of an algebraic structure which, when applied to another element under an operation in that structure, yields this second element. examples
(Australia, New Zealand) A well-known or famous person. quotations examples
The body of a well known old identity named James Conroy […] was found in the water yesterday afternoon…
1887 July 19, “Drowned at Williamstown”, in The Age, Melbourne
2013 April 4, “Cricket identities consult lawyers”, in New Zealand Herald
2016 January 13, “Kings Cross identities arrested in connection with murder”, in The Sydney Morning Herald