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facial recognition

facial recognition

26 4.1
A way for a computer to identify a person by their face
  • noun
  • /ˈfeɪʃəl ˌrɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : reconocimiento facial
  • Most of these locks, they work through facial recognition.
  • facial recognition software
  • facial recognition technology
  • facial recognition camera

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Examples

  • With facial recognition, the app can unlock your phone just by looking at your face.

  • And he said, OK, think about this facial recognition software on your iPhone, right?

  • - Have you tried facial recognition?

  • -We have facial recognition software?

  • It's got one of those facial recognition locks on it.

  • Las Vegas has more facial recognition software than any place on Earth.

  • Well, in the meantime, I'm running you through facial recognition.

  • Unfortunately, in the US, our public movements are recorded by cameras attached to computers with facial recognition software.

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  • The feature is an upgraded version of the facial recognition technology you may already take for granted when you upload and tag images on Facebook.

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  • In the new Photo Gallery, we are introducing new facial recognition technology that quickly organizes and finds photos according to the people in them.

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Synonyms

face recognition
vsfacial recognition
  • Specialized
2 3.1

A computer system that identifies a person by comparing their face with saved photos

is the same idea but expressed with the technical term
biometric authentication
vsfacial recognition
  • Specialized
1 4.3

A way to check who someone is using body features like a fingerprint or face

uses visual-feature comparison only rather than varied bodily traits
biometric identification
vsfacial recognition
  • Specialized
1 5.3

A way of identifying people automatically using unique body traits like fingerprints or face

is limited to visual comparison and not to other bodily methods
automatic face recognition
vsfacial recognition
  • Specialized
3.9

Computer systems check who a person is by scanning their face

focuses on using computers and databases rather than manual comparison
facial profiling
vsfacial recognition
  • Specialized
8.3

Identifying people by their faces in photos or videos, often to find criminals

aims simply to identify or verify any person not to profile for crime

Antonyms

1 7.1

Lack of identity that makes people or things seem unknown

Surface Forms

Morphology

facial + recognition

The meaning 'the process of identifying a person by their face' is directly derivable from combining 'facial' (related to the face) and 'recognition' (identification). This noun-noun compound follows a transparent compositional pattern found across many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Facial recognition paints a simple picture: facial means the face and recognition means knowing or matching. Imagine someone checking a photo ID and comparing the face to the real person, and computers do the same by matching a live face to a stored image, so the term means 'to identify or verify' someone.