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Fingerprint
/ˈfɪŋɡɚˌpɹɪnt/
The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual.
📖 Definitions of "Fingerprint"
noun
- 1
The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual.
- 2
The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched, especially as used to identify the person who touched the surface.
- 3
Unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem.
- 4
A unique combination of features that serves as an identification of something.
verb
- 1
To take somebody's fingerprints.
"The jail staff fingerprints its inmates routinely"
- 2
To identify something uniquely by a combination of measurements.
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