Indistinguishable
adjective
Not able to be recognized as different or separate.
The twins are almost indistinguishable from each other.
Often appears as...
- almost indistinguishable
- hardly indistinguishable
adjective
Not clear enough to be seen, heard or recognized.
Under the microscope, these bacteria are virtually indistinguishable.
Often appears as...
- virtually indistinguishable
- physically indistinguishable
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Technical
adjective
Not able to be recognized as different or separate.
The twins are almost indistinguishable from each other.
Often appears as...
- almost indistinguishable
- hardly indistinguishable
adjective
Not clear enough to be seen, heard or recognized.
Under the microscope, these bacteria are virtually indistinguishable.
Often appears as...
- virtually indistinguishable
- physically indistinguishable
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Similarity
Use when two things look so similar, telling them apart is hard.
The counterfeit bills were indistinguishable from the real ones.
Pro Tip 2/3Close Comparison
Implies a need to look closely to notice any differences.
To the untrained eye, the painting is indistinguishable from the original.
Pro Tip 3/3Identical Features
Highlighting the lack of distinct or unique features.
All the houses in the neighborhood were indistinguishable.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Similarity
Use when two things look so similar, telling them apart is hard.
The counterfeit bills were indistinguishable from the real ones.
Pro Tip 2/3Close Comparison
Implies a need to look closely to notice any differences.
To the untrained eye, the painting is indistinguishable from the original.
Pro Tip 3/3Identical Features
Highlighting the lack of distinct or unique features.
All the houses in the neighborhood were indistinguishable.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Similarity
Use when two things look so similar, telling them apart is hard.
The counterfeit bills were indistinguishable from the real ones.
Pro Tip 2/3Close Comparison
Implies a need to look closely to notice any differences.
To the untrained eye, the painting is indistinguishable from the original.
Pro Tip 3/3Identical Features
Highlighting the lack of distinct or unique features.
All the houses in the neighborhood were indistinguishable.
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Making sense of...
we interested is constraining the amount of dark matter in the universe that's on the x-axis and the amount of dark energy on the universe that's on the y-axis everything within one of these ellipses is this is indistinguishable from one model from the other and so we want to make those ellipses as small as possible
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Before Avatar ... a...
And even though the film didn't make any money -- barely broke even, I should say -- I witnessed something amazing, which is that the audience, the global audience, was mesmerized by this apparent magic. You know, it's Arthur Clarke's law that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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The wild sex lives of...
but a brief tour of marine life shows us just how diverse sex really is. It does not always involve strictly female and male individuals with differently sized sex cells that fuse internally. Many algae, for example, have sex cells that are indistinguishable in size.
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Would you opt for a life...
while guaranteeing experiences of only pleasure and never pain. The catch? You have to permanently leave reality behind, but you'll hardly know the difference. Your experiences will be indistinguishable from reality. Life's natural ups and downs
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The world doesn't need...
a new moment in human development, where the lines between artificial intelligence and human intelligence blur, where computing and consciousness become almost indistinguishable and advanced technologies help us solve the 21st century's greatest
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Why you don’t like the...
And our voice is indistinguishable from how other people see us. It is a mask that we wear in society. But our relationship with our own voice is far from obvious. We rarely use our voice for ourselves; we use it as a gift to give to others.
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Svante Pääbo: DNA clues...
gone out and colonized the rest of the world. And together with the methods to date these genetic differences, this has led to the insight that modern humans -- humans that are essentially indistinguishable from you and me --
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Attenborough Finds a...
adhesive pads on the end of the toes were flattened so much that they seemed to melt into the bark and the whole animal pressed itself so closely to the tree that it was almost indistinguishable from it even the
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Stonefish Strikes...
skin is nearly indistinguishable from the sand and coral surrounding it it's an amazing adaptation in addition to excellent camouflage stone fish claimed the title of most venomous fish in the world
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How cosmic rays help us...
as well as whether the particle is matter or antimatter. While the two are normally indistinguishable, their opposite charges enable them to be detected with the help of a magnet.
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Making sense of...
we interested is constraining the amount of dark matter in the universe that's on the x-axis and the amount of dark energy on the universe that's on the y-axis everything within one of these ellipses is this is indistinguishable from one model from the other and so we want to make those ellipses as small as possible
Video examples
Before Avatar ... a...
And even though the film didn't make any money -- barely broke even, I should say -- I witnessed something amazing, which is that the audience, the global audience, was mesmerized by this apparent magic. You know, it's Arthur Clarke's law that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Video examples
The wild sex lives of...
but a brief tour of marine life shows us just how diverse sex really is. It does not always involve strictly female and male individuals with differently sized sex cells that fuse internally. Many algae, for example, have sex cells that are indistinguishable in size.
Video examples
Would you opt for a life...
while guaranteeing experiences of only pleasure and never pain. The catch? You have to permanently leave reality behind, but you'll hardly know the difference. Your experiences will be indistinguishable from reality. Life's natural ups and downs
Video examples
The world doesn't need...
a new moment in human development, where the lines between artificial intelligence and human intelligence blur, where computing and consciousness become almost indistinguishable and advanced technologies help us solve the 21st century's greatest
Video examples
Why you don’t like the...
And our voice is indistinguishable from how other people see us. It is a mask that we wear in society. But our relationship with our own voice is far from obvious. We rarely use our voice for ourselves; we use it as a gift to give to others.
Video examples
Svante Pääbo: DNA clues...
gone out and colonized the rest of the world. And together with the methods to date these genetic differences, this has led to the insight that modern humans -- humans that are essentially indistinguishable from you and me --
Video examples
Attenborough Finds a...
adhesive pads on the end of the toes were flattened so much that they seemed to melt into the bark and the whole animal pressed itself so closely to the tree that it was almost indistinguishable from it even the
Video examples
Stonefish Strikes...
skin is nearly indistinguishable from the sand and coral surrounding it it's an amazing adaptation in addition to excellent camouflage stone fish claimed the title of most venomous fish in the world
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How cosmic rays help us...
as well as whether the particle is matter or antimatter. While the two are normally indistinguishable, their opposite charges enable them to be detected with the help of a magnet.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
Shakespeare's always been sitting on my back, since I began reading. And, certainly, as a writer, he's who I hear all the time. And he's almost indistinguishable now from the English language. I have no sense of what Shakespeare is like. I have no sense of the personality that is Shakespeare. I think, alone among writers, I don't know who he is.
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John D'Agata
American Writer
Can we call the essay its own genre if it's so promiscuously versatile? Can we call any genre a 'genre' if, when we read it from different angles and under different shades of light, the differences between it and something else start becoming indistinguishable?
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Chip Conley
American Businessman
When the world is in the midst of change, when adversity and opportunity are almost indistinguishable, this is the time for visionary leadership and when leaders need to look beyond the survival needs of those they're serving.
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
If you set out in a spaceship to find the one planet in the galaxy that has life, the odds against your finding it would be so great that the task would be indistinguishable, in practice, from impossible.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
If a child from an Amazonian hunter-gatherer tribe comes to Boston, is raised in Boston, that child will be indistinguishable in language capacities from my children growing up here, and vice versa.
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John McDonnell
British Politician
The interests of big corporations have so permeated government that its major decisions are indistinguishable from the boardroom demands of the leading companies in each commercial sector.
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Randy Pitchford
American Businessman
We're trending towards the holodeck. Eventually we'll have a system that's indistinguishable from reality.
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Kevin Kelly
American Editor
In a broad systems sense, an organism's environment is indistinguishable from the organism itself.
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Aaron Allston
American Novelist
Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.
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Arthur C. Clarke
English Writer
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
Shakespeare's always been sitting on my back, since I began reading. And, certainly, as a writer, he's who I hear all the time. And he's almost indistinguishable now from the English language. I have no sense of what Shakespeare is like. I have no sense of the personality that is Shakespeare. I think, alone among writers, I don't know who he is.
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John D'Agata
American Writer
Can we call the essay its own genre if it's so promiscuously versatile? Can we call any genre a 'genre' if, when we read it from different angles and under different shades of light, the differences between it and something else start becoming indistinguishable?
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Chip Conley
American Businessman
When the world is in the midst of change, when adversity and opportunity are almost indistinguishable, this is the time for visionary leadership and when leaders need to look beyond the survival needs of those they're serving.
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
If you set out in a spaceship to find the one planet in the galaxy that has life, the odds against your finding it would be so great that the task would be indistinguishable, in practice, from impossible.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
If a child from an Amazonian hunter-gatherer tribe comes to Boston, is raised in Boston, that child will be indistinguishable in language capacities from my children growing up here, and vice versa.
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John McDonnell
British Politician
The interests of big corporations have so permeated government that its major decisions are indistinguishable from the boardroom demands of the leading companies in each commercial sector.
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Randy Pitchford
American Businessman
We're trending towards the holodeck. Eventually we'll have a system that's indistinguishable from reality.
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Kevin Kelly
American Editor
In a broad systems sense, an organism's environment is indistinguishable from the organism itself.
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Aaron Allston
American Novelist
Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.
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Arthur C. Clarke
English Writer
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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