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Fingerprinting

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Noun

1. fingerprinting

the procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fingerprinting

see synonyms of fingerprinting
noun
1. 
an impression of the pattern of ridges on the palmar surface of the end joint of each finger and thumb
2. 
any identifying characteristic
3. biochemistry
the pattern of fragments obtained when a protein is digested by a proteolytic enzyme, usually observed following two-dimensional separation by chromatography and electrophoresis
verb
4. (transitive)
to take an inked impression of the fingerprints of (a person)
5. 
to take a sample of (a person's) DNA

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Fingerprinting

see synonyms of fingerprinting
noun
1. 
an impression of the lines and whorls on the inner surface of the end joint of the finger, used as by the police in the identification of a person
2. 
any characteristic or set of characteristics that distinguishes or unambiguously identifies a person or thing; signature
verb transitive
3. 
to take the fingerprints of

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fingerprinting

see synonyms of fingerprinting
n.
1.
a. A mark left on a surface by a person's fingertip.
b. An image of the ridges on a person's fingertip made by putting ink on the fingertip and pressing it against a surface or by using a digital scanning device.
2. A distinctive or identifying mark or characteristic: "We can, from his retelling [of the incident], with its particular fingerprint of stresses and omissions, learn a great deal about him" (Mark Slouka).
3.
a. See DNA profile.
b. A chemical fingerprint.
tr.v. fin·ger·print·ed, fin·ger·print·ing, fin·ger·prints
To take the fingerprints of.

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