Fingerprint

Definitions

1. The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual.
2. The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched, especially as used to identify the person who touched the surface.
3. A unique combination of features that serves as an identification of something.
   broadly
4. A unique identification for a public key in asymmetric cryptography.
5. A trace that gives evidence of someone's involvement.
   figuratively

Equivalents

29 more languages

العربيةبصمةبصمة الإصبع

Catalàempremta

Češtinaminiaturaotiskotisk prstu

Danskfingeraftryk

Ελληνικάαποτύπωμαδακτυλικό αποτύπωμα

Suomisormenjälkitunniste

Gaeilgeméarlorg

Gàidhligmeur-lorg

Galegodedadapegada

עבריתטביעת אצבע

Magyarujjlenyomat

Հայերենմատնահետք

Bahasa Indonesiacap jarisidik jari

Italianoimpronta digitale

日本語指紋

한국어지문

Bahasa Melayucap jari

Nederlandsdigitale vingerafdrukvingerafdrukvingerafdrukken makenvingerafdrukken nemen+ 1 more

Polskibrózdalinia papilarnaodcisk palca

Portuguêsimpressão digitaltirar as digitais

Românăamprentă digitală

Русскийдактилоскопи́роватьотпеча́тки па́льцевотпечатокотпечаток пальцаснима́ть отпеча́тки па́льцев+ 2 more

Svenskafingeravtryck

Kiswahilialama ya kidole

தமிழ்கைரேகை

ไทยลายนิ้วมือ

Tagalogdiittatak-daliri

Türkçeparmak izi

Українськавідби́ток

Examples

“Nervously, he wiped the gun of fingerprints real and imaginary with the stocking-covered fingers.”

“The crime scene investigator has the responsibility of collecting latent fingerprints.”

“acoustic fingerprint”

“Most pharmacopoeial monographs of medicinal plants include⟳ TLC as method for identification based on a chromatographic fingerprint, which consists of a sequence of characteristic substance zones.”

“The set⟳ of all location fingerprints and coordinates constitutes the location fingerprint database.”

“And continue⟳ to ask⟳ yourself the question⟳, could the incredible complexity of the human body with its multitudinous specialized functions have⟳ come⟳ into being completely by chance or is it another fingerprint of God?”

CEFR level