identification

Noun
  1. The act of designating or identifying something (synset 100152838)
    is a type of: determination, finding - the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
    subtypes: diagnosing, diagnosis - identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
    same as: designation
  2. Evidence of identity;
    Something that identifies a person or thing (synset 106898133)
    is a type of: evidence - an indication that makes something evident
    subtypes:
    • ballistic fingerprinting, ballistic identification, bullet fingerprinting - identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it
    • biometric authentication, biometric identification, identity verification - the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics
    • imprint - an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page
    • positive identification - evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance
    • negative identification - evidence proving that you are not who you say you are not; evidence establishing that you are not among a group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to rejection
    • facial profiling - identification of criminals and terrorist by means of videotapes of their faces
    • fingerprint - a generic term for any identifying characteristic
    • linguistic profiling - using speech characteristics or dialect to identify a speaker's race or religion or social class
    • profiling - recording a person's behavior and analyzing psychological characteristics in order to predict or assess their ability in a certain sphere or to identify a particular group of people
  3. The condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established (synset 114600591)
    "the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest"; "identification of the gun was an important clue"
    is a type of: condition, status - a state at a particular time
  4. The process of recognizing something or someone by remembering (synset 105770995)
    "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer"
    is a type of: memory, remembering - the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
    subtypes:
    same as: recognition
  5. The attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons) (synset 104625938)
    is a type of: identity, individuality, personal identity - the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity

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