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Identification - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Identification : (noun)
1: the act of designating or identifying something [syn: designation]
2: attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of
the characteristics of another person (or group of
persons)
3: evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or
thing
4: the condition of having your identity established; "the
thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest"
5: the process of recognizing something or someone by
remembering; "a politician whose recall of names was as
remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental
psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of
the stimulus to its recognition by the observer" [syn: recognition]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Identification : \I*den`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
identification.]
The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the
state of being identified.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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