See Also: Min Sheng Bao(finance)
sheng(encyclopedia)
sheng(2)(dictionary)
sheng(1)(dictionary)
sheng (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
identity(dictionary)
identity(dictionary)
ego identity(medicine)
Identity(money)
identity(medicine)

sheng(1) (iou) and identity (medicine)


sheng(1) (iou)



sheng noun1. Pl. same. L18.
[Chinese sheng.]
Music. A Chinese form of mouth-organ consisting of a rigid wind chest and a set of reed pipes.

identity (medicine)


identity


1. The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness. "Identity is a relation between our cognitions of a thing, not between things themselves." (Sir W. Hamilton)

2. The condition of being the same with something described or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to establish the identity of stolen goods.

3. <mathematics> An identical equation.

Origin: F. Identite, LL. Identitas, fr. L. Idem the same, from the root of is he, that; cf. Skr. Idam this. Cf. Item.

Source: Websters Dictionary