English Explanatory Dictionary

fingerprint

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual.
  2. The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched, especially as used to identify the person who touched the surface.
  3. A unique combination of features that serves as an identification of something.
  4. A unique identification for a public key in asymmetric cryptography.
  5. A trace that gives evidence of someone's involvement.
verb
  1. To take somebody's fingerprints.
  2. To identify something uniquely by a combination of measurements.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɪŋɡɚˌpɹɪnt/ en-us-fingerprint.ogg

Word forms

fingerprint fingerprints finger-print fingerprinting fingerprinted

Etymology

From finger + print.

Related words

tented arch hash dactylography biometrics

Derived words

chemical fingerprint clickprint fingerprintability fingerprintable fingerprint analysis fingerprinter fingerprinting fingerprint powder fingerprint recognition latent fingerprint Rabin fingerprint writeprint
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