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fingerprint

1. an impression of the pattern of ridges on the palmar surface of the end joint of each finger and thumb
2. Biochem the pattern of fragments obtained when a protein is digested by a proteolytic enzyme, usually observed following two-dimensional separation by chromatography and electrophoresis
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fingerprint

[′fiŋ·gər‚print]
(analytical chemistry)
Evidence for the presence or the identity of a substance that is obtained by techniques such as spectroscopy, chromatography, or electrophoresis.
(forensic science)
A pattern of distinctive epidermal ridges on the bulbs of the inside of the end joints of fingers and thumbs.
An impression of a human fingerprint.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

fingerprint

A physical or electronic pattern. See fingerprint reader, acoustic fingerprint, virtual fingerprint, video fingerprint and signature.
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Jain, Automatic Fingerprint Recognition System, Springer, 2007.
* The FBI NGI database contains the fingerprints of 136.5 million individuals (both civil and criminal).
The decision to mass produce the In-Display Fingerprint Scanning Technology was made after an extensive research into different biometric solutions in the market as well as consumer habits and market needs.
To evaluate our proposed system, a database of 500 images was taken from Fingerprint Verification Competition (FVC) (Lim et al., 2014; Maio et al., 2004) database and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) database (Jain et al., 2010).
Touch Biometrix was founded in 2017 by Dr Mike Cowin with the aim of becoming one of the top five fingerprint sensor suppliers in the world by 2023.
"With our efforts in extensive consumer research and long-term RandD investment, Vivo is well positioned to pioneer the development of fingerprint scanning technology.
Electrochemical fingerprint uses the technology of chemical oscillation with the traditional Chinese medicine as the substrate of oscillation reaction, determines the change value of potential in the system by electrochemical workstation, obtains the distinctive E-t curves [10].
Fingerprint lock incorporates state-of-the-art technology.
They call the technology Qualcomm Fingerprint Sensors which includes next-generation ultrasonic fingerprint sensors for smartphones and other devices.
Like any optical device, fingerprint and hand scanners need to be calibrated, but currently there is no standard method for doing so.
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