identification : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: identification	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for identification
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
identification n the act of designating or identifying something [syn: designation, identification] evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established; "the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest"; "identification of the gun was an important clue" 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" Synonym(s): recognition, identification the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Identification \Iden`tifi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. identification.] The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.