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 [bahy-uh-me-triks]   Origin

bi·o·met·rics

   [bahy-uh-me-triks]
noun (used with a singular verb)
1.
Biology, Statistics. biostatistics.
2.
biometry (def. 1).
3.
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.
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Origin:
1900–05; biometr(y) + -ics

Related forms
bi·o·met·ric, bi·o·met·ri·cal, adjective
bi·o·met·ri·cal·ly, adverb
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the subdivision of an organism or of an organ into more or less equivalent parts; cell division
corresponding in function, but not evolved from corresponding organs, as the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird
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biometry or biometrics (baɪˈɒmɪtrɪ, ˌbaɪəˈmɛtrɪks)
 
—n
1.  a.  the analysis of biological data using mathematical and statistical methods
 b.  the practice of digitally scanning the physiological or behavioural characteristics of individuals as a means of identification
2.  the statistical calculation of the probable duration of human life
 
biometrics or biometrics
 
—n
 
bio'metrically or biometrics
 
—adv

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Word Origin & History

biometrics
"application of mathematics to biology," 1902, from biometric (also see -ics); slightly earlier in this sense was biometry (1901), which was coined by Whewell and used by him and others with a sense of "calculation of life expectancy" (1831).
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Cultural Dictionary

biometrics definition


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.

Note: 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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Computing Dictionary

biometrics definition

security, hardware
The use of special input devices to analyse some physical parameter assumed to be unique to an individual, in order to confirm their identity as part of an authentication procedure.
Examples include fingerprint scanning, iris recognition, facial recognition, voice recognition (speaker recognition), signature, vascular pattern recognition.
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(2007-02-22)

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