Fingerprinting
noun
The process of taking someone's fingerprints, often to identify them.
They used fingerprinting to identify the suspect in the crime.
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- fingerprinting technique
- fingerprinting process
noun
The technique of using a person's unique pattern of skin ridges on their fingers for identification purposes.
Fingerprinting is an important tool in forensics to match suspects with evidence.
Often appears as...
- dna fingerprinting
- forensic fingerprinting
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Formal
Technical
noun
The science of identifying and cataloging individual DNA sequences.
Genetic fingerprinting revealed the father of the child.
Often appears as...
- genetic fingerprinting
- dna fingerprinting
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Academic
noun
The practice of tracking and gathering information on individuals using digital means.
The website was fingerprinting my browser to track my online activities.
Often appears as...
- browser fingerprinting
- device fingerprinting
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Technical
noun
The process of taking someone's fingerprints, often to identify them.
They used fingerprinting to identify the suspect in the crime.
Often appears as...
- fingerprinting technique
- fingerprinting process
noun
The technique of using a person's unique pattern of skin ridges on their fingers for identification purposes.
Fingerprinting is an important tool in forensics to match suspects with evidence.
Often appears as...
- dna fingerprinting
- forensic fingerprinting
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
The science of identifying and cataloging individual DNA sequences.
Genetic fingerprinting revealed the father of the child.
Often appears as...
- genetic fingerprinting
- dna fingerprinting
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The practice of tracking and gathering information on individuals using digital means.
The website was fingerprinting my browser to track my online activities.
Often appears as...
- browser fingerprinting
- device fingerprinting
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Identification Tool
Used by authorities to confirm a person's identity, especially in legal situations.
After the arrest, the police officer performed fingerprinting on the suspect.
Pro Tip 2/3Crime Linking
Helps connect a suspect to a crime scene through matching fingerprints found on evidence.
The detective found a match during the fingerprinting process, linking the man to the break-in.
Pro Tip 3/3Security Procedures
Often part of security checks for jobs or when traveling to ensure individual's backgrounds.
Her new employer required fingerprinting before she could start her job.
Pro Tip 1/3Identification Tool
Used by authorities to confirm a person's identity, especially in legal situations.
After the arrest, the police officer performed fingerprinting on the suspect.
Pro Tip 2/3Crime Linking
Helps connect a suspect to a crime scene through matching fingerprints found on evidence.
The detective found a match during the fingerprinting process, linking the man to the break-in.
Pro Tip 3/3Security Procedures
Often part of security checks for jobs or when traveling to ensure individual's backgrounds.
Her new employer required fingerprinting before she could start her job.
Pro Tip 1/3Identification Tool
Used by authorities to confirm a person's identity, especially in legal situations.
After the arrest, the police officer performed fingerprinting on the suspect.
Pro Tip 2/3Crime Linking
Helps connect a suspect to a crime scene through matching fingerprints found on evidence.
The detective found a match during the fingerprinting process, linking the man to the break-in.
Pro Tip 3/3Security Procedures
Often part of security checks for jobs or when traveling to ensure individual's backgrounds.
Her new employer required fingerprinting before she could start her job.
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was demoing this new process that he called "collagen fingerprinting." It turns out that different species have slightly different structures of collagen, so if you get a collagen profile of an unknown bone, you can compare it to those of known species,
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So contrasting the absorbance of red to infrared light provides a chemical fingerprint to eliminate the blood vessel size effect. Today, an emerging medical sensor industry is exploring all-new degrees of precision chemical fingerprinting,
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fingerprinting is a mainstay of modern forensics and can reveal almost everything about an individual it contains our complete genetic blueprint but with every passing second after
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You have no idea where...
was demoing this new process that he called "collagen fingerprinting." It turns out that different species have slightly different structures of collagen, so if you get a collagen profile of an unknown bone, you can compare it to those of known species,
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You are more transparent...
So contrasting the absorbance of red to infrared light provides a chemical fingerprint to eliminate the blood vessel size effect. Today, an emerging medical sensor industry is exploring all-new degrees of precision chemical fingerprinting,
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Vampire of Venice PIPE...
fingerprinting is a mainstay of modern forensics and can reveal almost everything about an individual it contains our complete genetic blueprint but with every passing second after
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Clint Eastwood
American Actor
I grew up with J. Edgar Hoover. He was the G-man, a hero to everybody, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation was the big, feared organization. He was ahead of his time as far as building up forensic evidence and fingerprinting. But he took down a lot of innocent people, too.
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Richard J. Roberts
English Scientist
I was first exposed to the idea of macro-molecular sequences while I was a postdoctoral fellow with Jack Strominger at Harvard. During that time, I briefly visited Fred Sanger's laboratory in Cambridge, England, to learn the methodology of RNA fingerprinting and sequencing.
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Whitfield Diffie
American Scientist
We have experienced an utter explosion in investigative techniques. Walk the streets, look at the cameras! They are now recognising people automatically from photos; we have DNA fingerprinting, infrascan photos that can identify you from the veins in your face.
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Thomas Hardiman
American Judge
I volunteered at Ayuda, in the office, on a regular basis, and I did everything from fingerprinting and interviewing persons of Hispanic origin who entered the country without inspection and who were seeking work-authorization permits.
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Mona Eltahawy
Egyptian Journalist
My brother, a cardiologist, was among thousands of Muslims visited by the FBI in November 2001 and forced to submit to special registration fingerprinting, his photo and information forever in Homeland Security's files.
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Caitlin Kittredge
American Author
I've been on this kick reading about the beginning of forensic science: autopsies, fingerprinting, psychological profiling. I've been reading a lot of books about forensic anthropology.
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Patricia Hewitt
British Politician
I have very real concerns about the civil liberties implications of ultimately requiring every resident to submit themselves for compulsory fingerprinting or some other biometric test.
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Ann Coulter
American Journalist
We should be fingerprinting environmentalists... They are out to destroy the country.
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Clint Eastwood
American Actor
I grew up with J. Edgar Hoover. He was the G-man, a hero to everybody, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation was the big, feared organization. He was ahead of his time as far as building up forensic evidence and fingerprinting. But he took down a lot of innocent people, too.
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Richard J. Roberts
English Scientist
I was first exposed to the idea of macro-molecular sequences while I was a postdoctoral fellow with Jack Strominger at Harvard. During that time, I briefly visited Fred Sanger's laboratory in Cambridge, England, to learn the methodology of RNA fingerprinting and sequencing.
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Whitfield Diffie
American Scientist
We have experienced an utter explosion in investigative techniques. Walk the streets, look at the cameras! They are now recognising people automatically from photos; we have DNA fingerprinting, infrascan photos that can identify you from the veins in your face.
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Thomas Hardiman
American Judge
I volunteered at Ayuda, in the office, on a regular basis, and I did everything from fingerprinting and interviewing persons of Hispanic origin who entered the country without inspection and who were seeking work-authorization permits.
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Mona Eltahawy
Egyptian Journalist
My brother, a cardiologist, was among thousands of Muslims visited by the FBI in November 2001 and forced to submit to special registration fingerprinting, his photo and information forever in Homeland Security's files.
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Caitlin Kittredge
American Author
I've been on this kick reading about the beginning of forensic science: autopsies, fingerprinting, psychological profiling. I've been reading a lot of books about forensic anthropology.
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Patricia Hewitt
British Politician
I have very real concerns about the civil liberties implications of ultimately requiring every resident to submit themselves for compulsory fingerprinting or some other biometric test.
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Ann Coulter
American Journalist
We should be fingerprinting environmentalists... They are out to destroy the country.
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