WordNet
biometric authentication
n. 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" [syn: biometric identification, identity verification]
Usage examples of "biometric authentication".
Those, fortunately, were safety locked and required biometric authentication, which could not be performed at a distance.