finger scanning
- noun
- /ˈfɪŋɡər ˈskænɪŋ/
- Specialized
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- The new smartphone features finger scanning technology for quick and secure access.
Examples
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At the security checkpoint, they employed finger scanning to verify each traveler's identity.
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Businesses are increasingly adopting finger scanning systems to enhance their employee identification processes.
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The usage in conjunction with biometric data such as finger scanning.
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Synonyms
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3.0
Taking ink or digital photos of a person's fingers to identify them
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5.3
A way of identifying people automatically using unique body traits like fingerprints or face
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4.3
A way to check who someone is using body features like a fingerprint or face
A way to identify a person by using a machine that reads the patterns on their fingertip
How Accurate
- Specialized
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4.1
- Specialized
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6.0
- Specialized
- Formal
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1.3
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2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining finger (a hand digit) with scan (to use a device to read or digitize): it literally refers to scanning fingers/fingerprints. This is a compositional, technical noun phrase following common nominalization patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand it.
Etymology
Finger scanning comes from the real action of a machine reading the lines on a person's finger during a scanning movement over a sensor, and that's why it means 'to check who someone is' using their fingerprints.