HyperDic: biometric_identification

English > 1 sense of the expression biometric identification:
NOUNcommunicationbiometric identification, biometric authentication, identity verificationthe automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics / characteristics
English > biometric identification: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningThe automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics / characteristics.
Examples
  • "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification"
  • "if a pin or password is lost or forgotten it can be changed and reissued but a biometric identification cannot"
Synonymsbiometric authentication, identity verification
Categoryterrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist actThe calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature
NarrowerDNA fingerprint, genetic fingerprintbiometric identification obtained by examining a person's unique sequence of DNA base pairs
face recognition, facial recognition, automatic face recognitionbiometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces
finger scan, finger scanningbiometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically
fingerprintA print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger
iris scanningbiometric identification by scanning the iris of the eye
retinal scanningbiometric identification by scanning the retina of the eye
signature recognitionbiometric identification by automatically scanning a person's signature and matching it electronically against a library of known signatures
voiceprintbiometric identification by electronically recording and graphically representing a person's voice
Broaderidentificationevidence of identity
Spanishidentificación biométrica

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