biometric authentication
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1. the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | identification, |
| definition | : | evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | dna fingerprint, genetic fingerprint, |
| definition | : | biometric identification obtained by examining a person's unique sequence of DNA base pairs; often used for evidence in criminal law cases (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | fingerprint, |
| definition | : | a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | finger scan, finger scanning, |
| definition | : | biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | iris scanning, |
| definition | : | biometric identification by scanning the iris of the eye (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | signature recognition, |
| definition | : | biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's signature and matching it electronically against a library of known signatures (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | retinal scanning, |
| definition | : | biometric identification by scanning the retina of the eye (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | voiceprint, |
| definition | : | biometric identification by electronically recording and graphically representing a person's voice (noun.communication) |
| domain category | : | act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act, |
| definition | : | the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear (noun.act) |
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