Definition of fingerprints Fingerprints

/fɪˈŋgɚpɹɪˌnts/ - [finggerprints] -

We found 3 definitions of fingerprints from 2 different sources.

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What does fingerprints mean?

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  • fingerprints (Noun)
    Plural of fingerprint.

Part of speech

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  • fingerprints, verb, present, 3rd person singular of fingerprint (infinitive).
  • fingerprints, noun, plural of fingerprint.

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: fingerprints

fingerprint - a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations
  print, mark a picture or design printed from an engraving
  biometric authentication, biometric identification, identity verification the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics; "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification"; "if a pin or password is lost or forgotten it can be changed and reissued but a biometric identification cannot"
  loop a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
fingerprint - a generic term for any identifying characteristic; "that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it"
fingerprint - a smudge made by a (dirty) finger
  fingermark
  blot, smirch, smudge, daub, slur, smear, spot an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

Verb

fingerprints, fingerprinting, fingerprinted  

fingerprint - take an impression of a person's fingerprints
  reproduce have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate"
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  • fingerprint (Noun)
    The unique natural pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers.
  • fingerprint (Noun)
    The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched.
  • fingerprint (Noun)
    Unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem.
  • fingerprint (Verb)
    To take somebody's fingerprints.

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  • fingerprint
    An impression of the friction ridges of all or part of the fingertip.

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  • A fingerprint is a trace a human finger leaves on a surface. Human fingers have small structures on them (like mountains and valleys). These structures are unique in every human; they can be used as a means of identification.

Part of speech

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  • fingerprint, verb, present, 1st person singular of fingerprint (infinitive).
  • fingerprint, verb (infinitive).
  • fingerprint, noun, singular of fingerprints.

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