fingerprinting
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈfɪŋɡərˌprɪntɪŋ/
- Specialized
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- All other student services, including our fingerprinting, will be operational at our new location in West Chester.
- DNA fingerprinting
- fingerprinting method
- fingerprinting technique
And so he winds up eventually putting ink on my fingers to do the to do the fingerprints.
- And so he winds up eventually putting ink on my fingers to do the to do the fingerprints.
- We found his fingerprints and they went, but he's in prison.
- And he said, I'll tell the police, it's your fingerprints on this pistol.
- Oh, the drug expert came on, the fingerprints came back.
Examples
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"I understand Captain Walsh will begin the interviews as soon as the fingerprinting is completed.
Fiction book (1994) -
Walker is standing in a bare room, in front of a fingerprinting machine.
Fiction book (1998) -
So why would not giving your fingerprints speed up the process?
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The most common biometric methods are fingerprinting, DNA identification, and voice recognition.
Academic text (2002) -
Geneticists can determine family relationships via DNA fingerprinting, but can the males of animal species identify their young, and if so, how?
Academic text (2005) -
We are now doing chromosomal analyses and DNA fingerprinting in an attempt to identify the fathers.
Academic text (1992) -
To improve efficacy, mainly from larger sample numbers, microbiologists have more recently turned to DNA fingerprinting and hybridization techniques.
Academic text (2008) -
Stoneville postdoctoral scientist Mark Weaver is using DNA fingerprinting and traditional microbiological tools.
Academic text (2002) -
Similar paternity analyses in other animal taxa have been facilitated by DNA fingerprinting and other molecular techniques.
Academic text (1999) -
The police conducted fingerprinting on all suspects to verify their identities.
Synonyms
To use a person's fingerprints to check who they are
A way to identify a person by using a machine that reads the patterns on their fingertip
Compounds
- Specialized
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A way police use to find which gun fired a bullet by matching marks on bullets and casings
- Specialized
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4.1
A test that uses DNA from blood or saliva to find who someone is
- Specialized
A way to identify the gun that fired a bullet by examining marks on the bullet and its case
How Accurate
- Specialized
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4.1
- Specialized
7
3.0
- Archaic
Surface Forms
Morphology
fingerprinting = fingerprint (transparent) = finger + print + ing
The word is a straightforward -ing form of 'fingerprint', denoting the process of taking fingerprints.
Etymology
Fingerprinting comes from joining finger and print, meaning making a 'print' or mark of a finger. So taking someone's fingerprints gives a unique mark used to identify that person.