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Definition of Fingerprint

1. Verb. Take an impression of a person's fingerprints. "They want to fingerprint the prisoners "

2. Noun. A print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations.

3. Noun. A generic term for any identifying characteristic. ; "That tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it"

4. Noun. A smudge made by a (dirty) finger.

Definition of Fingerprint

1. Noun. The unique natural pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers. ¹

2. Noun. The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched. ¹

3. Noun. (computing) Unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To take somebody's fingerprints. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fingerprint

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Fingerprint

1. 1. An impression of the inked bulb of the distal phalanx of a finger, showing the configuration of the surface ridges, used as a means of identification. See: dermatoglyphics, Galton's system of classification of fingerprints. 2. Term, sometimes used informally, referring to any analytical method capable of making fine distinctions between similar compounds or gel patterns; e.g., the pattern of an infrared absorption curve or of a two-dimensional paper chromatograph. 3. In genetics, the analysis of DNA fragments to determine the identity of an individual or the paternity of a child. Synonym: genetic fingerprint. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fingerprint

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Literary usage of Fingerprint

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

1. Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses (1988)
"fingerprint Files It is suggested that the fingerprint card be white, light cardboard, 8 by 8 inches, slightly glazed. This size is convenient as it allows ..."

2. Defending Secrets, Sharing Data: New Locks and Keys for Electronic Information (1993)
"fingerprints fingerprints have been used to identify individuals since the mid-1800s.48 Manual fingerprint identification systems were based on classifying ..."

3. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"He could see the whorl of a fingerprint there, and narrow, nearly invisible cuticles. He touched the tip of his tongue to it and it seemed to him that he ..."

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