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New Definition–adjective | 1. | of recent origin, production, purchase, etc.; having but lately come or been brought into being: a new book. | | 2. | of a kind now existing or appearing for the first time; novel: a new concept of the universe. | | 3. | having but lately or but now come into knowledge: a new chemical element. | | 4. | unfamiliar or strange (often fol. by to): ideas new to us; to visit new lands. | | 5. | having but lately come to a place, position, status, etc.: a reception for our new minister. | | 6. | unaccustomed (usually fol. by to): people new to such work. | | 7. | coming or occurring afresh
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; further; additional: new gains. | | 8. | fresh or unused: to start a new sheet of paper. | | 9. | (of physical or moral qualities) different and better: The vacation made a new man of him. | | 10. | other than the former or the old: a new era; in the New World. | | 11. | being the later or latest of two or more things of the same kind: the New Testament; a new edition of Shakespeare. | | 12. | (initial capital letter ) (of a language) in its latest known period, esp. as a living language at the present time: New High German. | –adverb | 13. | recently or lately (usually used in combination): The valley was green with new-planted crops. | | 14. | freshly; anew or afresh (often used in combination): roses new washed with dew; new-mown hay. | –noun | 15. | something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.: Ring out the old, ring in the new. | |
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Identity Definition–noun, plural -ties. | 1. | the state or fact of remaining the same one or ones, as under varying aspects or conditions: The identity of the fingerprints on the gun with those on file provided evidence that he was the killer. | | 2. | the condition of being oneself or itself, and not another: He doubted his own identity. | | 3. | condition or character as to who a person or what a thing is: a case of mistaken identity. | | 4. | the state or fact of being the same one as described. | | 5. | the sense of self, providing sameness and continuity in personality over time and sometimes disturbed in mental illnesses, as schizophrenia. | | 6. | exact likeness in nature or qualities: an identity of interests. | | 7. | an instance or point of sameness or likeness: to mistake resemblances for identities. | | 8. | Logic. an assertion that two terms refer to the same thing. | | 9. | Mathematics. | a. | an equation that is valid for all values of its variables. | | b. | Also called identity element, unit element, unity. an element in a set such that the element operating on any other element of the set leaves the second element unchanged. | | c. | the property of a function or map such that each element is mapped into itself. | | d. | the function or map its
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