Crossword clues for fingerprint
fingerprint
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
fingerprint \fin"ger*print\ v. t. to take an impression of the fingerprints of (a person); as, to fingerprint applicants for a gun permit.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 The unique natural pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers. 2 The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched. 3 (context computing English) Unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem. 4 A unique combination of features that serves as an identification of something. 5 A trace that gives evidence of someone's involvement. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To take somebody's fingerprints. 2 (context transitive English) To identify something uniquely by a combination of measurements.
WordNet
n. biometric identification from a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used as evidence in criminal investigations
a generic term for any identifying characteristic; "that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it"
a smudge made by a (dirty) finger [syn: fingermark]
v. take an impression of a person's fingerprints
Wikipedia
A fingerprint in its narrow sense is an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger. The recovery of fingerprints from a crime scene is an important method of forensic science. Fingerprints are easily deposited on suitable surfaces (such as glass or metal or polished stone) by the natural secretions of sweat from the eccrine glands that are present in epidermal ridges. These are sometimes referred to as "Chanced Impressions".
In a wider use of the term, fingerprints are the traces of an impression from the friction ridges of any part of a human or other primate hand. A print from the sole of the foot can also leave an impression of friction ridges.
Deliberate impressions of fingerprints may be formed by ink or other substances transferred from the peaks of friction ridges on the skin to a relatively smooth surface such as a fingerprint card. Fingerprint records normally contain impressions from the pad on the last joint of fingers and thumbs, although fingerprint cards also typically record portions of lower joint areas of the fingers.
Human fingerprints are detailed, nearly unique, difficult to alter, and durable over the life of an individual, making them suitable as long-term markers of human identity. They may be employed by police or other authorities to identify individuals who wish to conceal their identity, or to identify people who are incapacitated or deceased and thus unable to identify themselves, as in the aftermath of a natural disaster. Fingerprint analysis, in use since the early 20th century, has led to many crimes being solved. This means that many criminals consider gloves essential. In 2015, the identification of sex by use of a fingerprint test has been reported.
A fingerprint is a mark made by the pattern of ridges on the pad of a human finger.
Fingerprint may also refer to:
Fingerprint is an album by Mark Heard, released in Europe in 1980 on Palmfrond Communications. Heard later named his record label, Fingerprint Records, and home studio, Fingerprint Recorders, after this album.
In computer science, a fingerprinting algorithm is a procedure that maps an arbitrarily large data item (such as a computer file) to a much shorter bit string, its fingerprint, that uniquely identifies the original data for all practical purposes just as human fingerprints uniquely identify people for practical purposes. This fingerprint may be used for data deduplication purposes.
Fingerprints are typically used to avoid the comparison and transmission of bulky data. For instance, a web browser or proxy server can efficiently check whether a remote file has been modified, by fetching only its fingerprint and comparing it with that of the previously fetched copy.
Fingerprint functions may be seen as high-performance hash functions used to uniquely identify substantial blocks of data where cryptographic hash functions may be unnecessary. Audio fingerprint algorithms should not be confused with this type of fingerprint function.
Usage examples of "fingerprint".
The MOSS data provided the base for his personal mixture, the fingerprint ID showing where his brain worked optimally, where it was biochemically deficient.
He dipped a finger into my bowl of bloodroot shavings and dotted it thoughtfully on his blotter, leaving a chain of red fingerprints.
Sorry, guys, but how about if our landlord Copes came in to fix some pipes, started undoing this magical tape and left his fingerprint on it.
It was a big bank in which to deposit the tiny sum of fifteen credits but the money was accepted without comment, though he was required to register his fingerprints.
Finding out his fantasies and his sexual fingerprint is the key to unlocking his unique turn-ons.
Ignoring the Garda completely, Dunne pushed the door open with the bottom of a pencil to avoid leaving his own fingerprints and ushered McGrath inside.
Montague says he received the money from Hardcore, initialed it, and submitted it for fingerprint examination.
Kennedy Federal Building, the very place where Kapor was once fingerprinted by the FBI.
She sprinkled the magic fingerprint powder over the glass and wrapped the magic developing paper around it, then she dove under the seat again and came out with a jumbo-sized envelope.
Just as, in the Pickover book which Gus had read in childhood, five disconnected blobs appearing on the surface of a Flatland balloon might really be fingerprints from a single, otherworldly hand.
Should the law enforcement agency desire additional comparisons it needs only advise the FBI Identification Division, attention Latent Fingerprint Section, and either name or submit the prints of the new suspect.
Other reasons are differences in the degree of judgment and interpretation of the individual classifying fingerprints, the difference in the amount of pressure used by the person taking the prints, and the amount or kind of ink used.
Dahl had been in the Haas home, that he had been there that day, that an eyewitness had seen him enter the house, that he had left a fingerprint on the telephone, that a neighbor had made a complaint about him to the police just days prior to the murders.
An attack on the whole theory of the fingerprint as first promulgated by Professor Purkinje of the University of Breslau?
Commission to attach some probative value to the fingerprint and palmprint identifications in reaching the conclusion that Oswald was present at the window from which the shots were fired, although the prints do not establish the exact time he was there.