Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Identification \I*den`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
   identification.]
   The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the
   state of being identified.

Source : WordNet®

identification
     n 1: the act of designating or identifying something [syn: {designation}]
     2: attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of
        the characteristics of another person (or group of
        persons)
     3: evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or
        thing
     4: the condition of having your identity established; "the
        thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest"
     5: the process of recognizing something or someone by
        remembering; "a politician whose recall of names was as
        remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental
        psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of
        the stimulus to its recognition by the observer" [syn: {recognition}]