Meaning of nonidentity | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Difference, distinction; failure to be identical.
2. An operator which modifies its operand, and which therefore is not the identity.

Examples

“No scientific examiner would select only chance variations to establish nonidentity of two specimens when the fundamental points of identification stamp them as originating at a single source.”

“Moreover, in a group of prime order p, every non-identity element (i.e. every element other than 1) has period p.”

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