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nonidentity

nonidentity noun: difference, distinction; failure to be identical.

Noun

nonidentity (plural nonidentities)

  1. Difference, distinction; failure to be identical.
    • No scientific examiner would select only chance variations to establish nonidentity of two specimens when the fundamental points of identification stamp them as originating at a single source.1993, Ordway Hilton, Scientific Examination of Questioned Documents, →ISBN, page 395
  2. An operator which modifies its operand, and which therefore is not the identity.
    • Moreover, in a group of prime order p, every non-identity element (i.e. every element other than 1) has period p.1995, Thomas A. Whitelaw, Introduction to Abstract Algebra, →ISBN, page 99

Forms of nonidentity

pluralnonidentities
alternative formnon-identity

Origin of nonidentity

From non- + identity.

Words formed from nonidentity

Questions about nonidentity

What does nonidentity mean?
Nonidentity means difference, distinction; failure to be identical.
What part of speech is nonidentity?
Nonidentity is a noun.
What is the plural of nonidentity?
The plural of nonidentity is nonidentities.

Words near nonidentity in the dictionary

  1. nonidentificational
  2. nonidentifications
  3. nonidentified
  4. nonidentifying
  5. nonidentities
  6. nonidentity
  7. nonidentity problem
  8. nonideological
  9. nonideologically
  10. nonideologized
  11. nonideologue

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