Fingerprint

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fingerprint \Fin"ger*print\, n. [Finger + print.]
     1. an impression of the pattern of ridges on the skin of the
        last joint of a person's finger, left on a surface after a
        person has touched the surface.
  
     Note: Fingerprints left by persons who have committed crimes


           are considered as reliable physical evidence linking an
           individual with a crime, because each person's
           fingerprints are distinctively different from those of
           others, allowing identification of a person with high
           confidence.
           [PJC]
  
     2. a fingerprint[1] made intentionally in ink on a paper form
        for the purpose of identification of the individual.
        [PJC]
  
     3. any distinctive pattern of characteristics or properties
        of an object which can serve to identify that object; as,
        the distinctive fingerprint of eugenol in the mass
        spectrum allowed easy recognition of its presence in the
        sample.
        [PJC]
  
     4. a smudge made by a (dirty) finger. [WordNet sense 3]
  
     Syn: fingermark.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  fingerprint \fin"ger*print\ v. t.
     to take an impression of the fingerprints of (a person); as,
     to fingerprint applicants for a gun permit.
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fingerprint
       n 1: biometric identification from a print made by an impression
            of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used as
            evidence in criminal investigations
       2: a generic term for any identifying characteristic; "that tax
          bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it"
       3: a smudge made by a (dirty) finger [syn: {fingermark}]
       v : take an impression of a person's fingerprints

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "fingerprint":
     boss, bump, colophon, concavity, convexity, dactylogram,
     dactylograph, dent, dint, embossment, excrescence, footmark,
     footprint, footstep, fossil footprint, ichnite, ichnolite, impress,
     impression, imprint, indent, indentation, indention, lump, pad,
     paw print, pawmark, pimple, print, pug, pugmark, seal, sigil,
     signet, stamp, step, stud, thumbmark, thumbprint, vestige