transcription, транскрипция: [ ī-ˈden-tə-tē, ə-, -ˈde-nə- ]
noun
( plural -ties )
Etymology: Middle French identité, from Late Latin identitat-, identitas, probably from Latin identidem repeatedly, contraction of idem et idem, literally, same and same
Date: 1570
1.
a. : sameness of essential or generic character in different instances
b. : sameness in all that constitutes the objective reality of a thing : oneness
2.
a. : the distinguishing character or personality of an individual : individuality
b. : the relation established by psychological identification
3. : the condition of being the same with something described or asserted
establish the identity of stolen goods
4. : an equation that is satisfied for all values of the symbols
5. : identity element