Adjective

(en adjective)

(not comparable) Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.

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(not comparable) Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; numerically identical.

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(not comparable, biology) Of twins, sharing the same genetic code.

(not comparable, mathematics) Exactly equivalent.

(comparable, rare) Approximating or approaching exact equivalence.

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Adjective

(en adjective)

Standing in relation or connection.

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Being a relative of.

Narrated; told.

(music) Same as the adjective relative.

(mathematics) Fulfilling a relation.

(in combination) Having a relationship with the thing named