identification (redirected from identify)

identification, in psychology: see defense mechanism.

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identification

The assignment of an identifier such as a username for a person or a name for a computer or network device. See identifier.

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identification [ī‚dent·ə·fə′kā·shən]

(control systems)

The procedures for deducing a system's transfer function from its response to a step-function input or to an impulse.

(psychology)

The tendency of children to model their behavior after that of one or more selected adults.

A defense mechanism in which a person likens himself or herself to someone else.

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Identification

Emmaus

where two disciples discover identity of Jesus. [N.T.: Luke 24:13–35]

Euryclea

Ulysses’ nurse; recognized him by scar on thigh. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]

Longinus

centurion finally sees Christ as son of God. [N.T.: Matthew 27:54; Mark 15:39; Luke 23:47; Christian Legend: Hall, 193]

Orestes

recognized by Iphigenia at the moment of his sacrifice. [Gk. Lit.: Iphigenia in Tauris, Kitto, 327–347]

Passover

Jewish festival; blood of sacrificed lambs placed on houses of the Israelites to prevent death of their firstborn. [O.T.: Exodus 12:3–13]

Sakuntala

(fl. 40) recognized as queen on return of lost ring. [Sanskrit Lit.: Abhijnanasakuntala, Brewer Dictionary, 955]

shibboleth

word used by Gileadites to identify Ephraimites who could not pronounce sh. [O.T.: Judges 12:4–6]

Simeon

recognizes young Jesus as messiah. [N.T.: Luke 2:22–34]

Stanley, Henry

(1841–1904) American journalist finds explorer, Dr. Livingstone, in Africa (1871). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 263]

Ulysses’

bow Penelope recognizes husband by his ability to bend Ulysses’ bow. [Gk. Lit.: Ulysses]