fingerprint.
The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual.
Meaning & usage
The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual.
The pattern left on a surface where an uncovered fingertip has touched, especially as used to identify the person who touched the surface.
A unique combination of features that serves as an identification of something.
acoustic fingerprint
A unique identification for a public key in asymmetric cryptography.
A trace that gives evidence of someone's involvement.
Where this word comes from
From finger + print.
To take somebody's fingerprints.
The jail staff fingerprints its inmates routinely
To identify something uniquely by a combination of measurements.
Where this word comes from
From finger + print.
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