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Hylemetry

The term Hylemetry is the composition of the two Greek words Hyle and Metros. For Aristotle the term ὕλη (hyle) meant non-living matter; therefore, the hylemetric authentication may identify the procedure for the identification of an inanimate object. Since biometric identification has given excellent results, it comes naturally to apply similar criteria to uniquely identify “non-living matter”, as for instance banknotes. The term Hylemetry was invented by G. Schirripa Spagnolo in 2008. It was used for the first time in international context in the 2010 referring to the usage of Hylemetry for banknote authentication by G. Schirripa Spagnolo, L. Cozzella and C. Simonetti.