biometric authentication
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- noun
- /ˌbaɪəˈmɛtrɪk ɔːˌθɛntɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Specialized
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autenticación biométrica
- Biometric authentication uses unique features like fingerprints to verify a person's identity.
- biometric authentication systems
Examples
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The impact of aging and other physiological changes on accuracy and reliability further complicates the use of biometric authentication as evidence.
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The banking app employs biometric authentication to enhance security when accessing personal accounts.
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In Section II, we provide an overview of the biometric authentication process and discuss risk and assurance issues associated with the technology.
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The legal system's acceptance of distributed biometric authentication as evidence is fraught with a lack of clarity and precedent.
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For even more security, you can require biometric authentication. (Biometric authentication is the verification of a user's identity
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Biometric authentication is already becoming mainstream in certain industry sectors, particularly for mobile users, in the report, "Mobile Phone Biometric Security -- Analysis and Forecasts 2011 -- 2015."
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Many smartphones now include biometric authentication, allowing users to unlock their devices with their fingerprints.
Synonyms
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The use of body features like fingerprints, face or voice to check who someone is
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A way of identifying people automatically using unique body traits like fingerprints or face
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A process of checking documents or fingerprints to confirm someone really is who they say they are
The use of body features like fingerprints or face scans to identify people
How Secure
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- Jargon
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'biometric' specifies the type of data (physical or behavioral traits) and 'authentication' names the verification process, so together they predictably mean verification using biometric traits. Although technical, this adjective+noun compound follows regular English formation and has clear equivalents in many languages, so a learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Biometric authentication comes from the simple idea of using your body as a key: biometric means a body feature like a fingerprint or a face, and authentication means 'checking' or 'proving who you are'. So when a phone scans your finger or face, it 'checks' that you are you, which is why the term means 'using body features to prove who you are'.