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biometrics
[ bahy-uh-me-triks ]
noun
, (used with a singular verb)
- Biology, Statistics. biostatistics.
- the process by which a person's unique physical and other traits are detected and recorded by an electronic device or system as a means of confirming identity:
Scanning of the human iris is a reliable form of biometrics.
biometrics
- The measuring and analysis of such physical attributes as facial features and voice or retinal scans. This technology can be used to define an individual's unique identity, often for security purposes.
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Notes
Software is available that can match faces of individuals videotaped on the street to the picture of a suspected criminal or terrorist in a database . The use of biometrics is likely to increase in the future as security concerns become more of a priority for both governments and corporations following the September 11 attacks (2001).
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Other Words From
- bio·metric bio·metri·cal adjective
- bio·metri·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of biometrics1
First recorded in 1900–05; biometr(y) + -ics
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Example Sentences
Within quite recent years, however, a special school Biometrics.
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Mr. Galton is the pioneer of this study, which Professor Karl Pearson has named biometrics.
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In the Appendix reference is made to various publications, mostly inexpensive, which deal with biometrics.
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