fingerprint
IPA: fˈɪŋgɝprɪnt
noun
- The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual.
- The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched, especially as used to identify the person who touched the surface.
- (by extension) A unique combination of features that serves as an identification of something.
- (cryptography) A unique identification for a public key in asymmetric cryptography.
- (figurative) A trace that gives evidence of someone's involvement.
verb
- (transitive) To take somebody's fingerprints.
- (transitive) To identify something uniquely by a combination of measurements.
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Examples of "fingerprint" in Sentences
- The criminal left his fingerprint.
- The fingerprints on the gun belong to him.
- Do not leave your fingerprint on the desk.
- This is the fingerprint of his step mother.
- Fingerprint is very oftenly used for identification.
- It's definitely got the telltale fingerprints on it.
- The computer can recognize individual's fingerprints.
- One of the tricks to this craft is to make the fingerprint first.
- Both the rifle and the binoculars were covered with Ray's fingerprints.
- This project includes taking pictures of the iris and the 10 fingerprints.
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