Definition of Indistinguishable

1. Adjective. Exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different. "They wore indistinguishable hats"

Exact synonyms: Identical
Similar to: Same
Derivative terms: Identicalness, Identity, Indistinguishability

2. Adjective. Not capable of being distinguished or differentiated. "A colorless person quite indistinguishable from the colorless mass of humanity"
Exact synonyms: Undistinguishable
Antonyms: Distinguishable

Definition of Indistinguishable

1. a. Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form or color; the difference between them was indisguishable.

Definition of Indistinguishable

1. Adjective. Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct ¹

2. Adjective. Not capable of being perceived or known. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indistinguishable

indissolubleness
indissolubly
indissolvable
indissolvableness
indistancy
indistillable
indistinct
indistinctible
indistinction
indistinctive
indistinctively
indistinctiveness
indistinctly
indistinctness
indistinguishability
indistinguishable
indistinguishably
indistinguished
indistinguishing
indisturbance
inditch
inditched
inditches
inditching
indite
indited
inditement
inditements
inditer
inditers

Literary usage of Indistinguishable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... of that remote age will eventually bring to light some of those much sought for initial types. latter being indistinguishable from modern species. ..."

2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"... not the product cells has disappeared, the outer row is hyperplastic and the cells themselves are indistinguishable from those which are seen in Figs. ..."

3. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1907)
"... as to the nature of plasma-cells agreed that they are indistinguishable from the large "keim centrum" lymphocytes. • Flo. 1. — Typical plasma-cell. ..."

4. A Handbook of Greek Sculpture by Ernest Arthur Gardner (1896)
"... it becomes practically indistinguishable from the Doric chiton. In another arrangement there is no over-garment, or only a small shawl thrown over the ..."

5. American Poets and Their Theology by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1916)
"What God is this, who cannot or will not hear the prayers of his worshipers and who is indistinguishable from ourselves ? This is indeed the Roman Jove; ..."

6. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1895)
"This being perceived, we are prepared to find that the English Revolution is, not so much followed by as indistinguishable and inseparable from, ..."

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