iden·ti·fi·ca·tion /aɪˌdɛntəfəˈkeʃən, ə-/
iden·ti·fi·ca·tion /aɪˌdɛntəfəˈkeʃən, ə-/ 名詞
I·den·ti·fi·ca·tion n. The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.
n 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
3: evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or
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]