iden·ti·ty /aɪˈdɛntəti, ə, ˈdɛnə-/
 相同,身分,一致,特性,恆等式


 iden·ti·ty /aɪˈdɛn(t)ətɪ, əˈ/ 名詞
 鑑定,鑑別,同一性,個性


 identity
 恆等


 identity
 恆等 識別


 I·den·ti·ty n.; pl. Identities
 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. Math. An identical equation.

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 identity
      n 1: the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a
           persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you
           join the army" [syn: personal identity, individuality]
      2: 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"
      3: an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it
         operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is
         1" [syn: identity element, identity operator]
      4: exact sameness; "they shared an identity of interests" [syn:
          identicalness, indistinguishability]