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nonidentical en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English non- English identic English -al English identical English nonidentical From non- + identical.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not identical; different in some respect.

Forms

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Antonyms

identical

Deriveds

nonidentically

nonidentical en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English non- English identic English -al English identical English nonidentical From non- + identical.

Meanings

  1. A twin other than an identical twin.
    • Thus, it would be expected that identical twins would more frequently both be delinquent than nonidenticals, in cases in which one identical twin had been delinquent. 1961, Harry Manuel Shulman, Juvenile Delinquency in American Society, page 330:

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