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nonidentical

nonidentical adjective: not identical; different in some respect.

Adjective

nonidentical (not comparable)

  1. Not identical; different in some respect.
    Antonyms:
    identical

Noun

nonidentical (plural nonidenticals)

  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

Antonyms of nonidentical

Forms of nonidentical

Adjective
alternative formnon-identical
Noun
pluralnonidenticals

Origin of nonidentical

From non- + identical.

Words formed from nonidentical

Questions about nonidentical

What does nonidentical mean?
Nonidentical means not identical; different in some respect.
What part of speech is nonidentical?
Nonidentical can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonidentical in the dictionary

  1. nonideally
  2. nonidealogue
  3. nonidealogues
  4. nonideas
  5. nonidempotent
  6. nonidentical
  7. nonidentically
  8. nonidenticals
  9. nonidentifiability
  10. nonidentifiable
  11. nonidentification

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