biometric identification

Noun
  1. The automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics (synset 106435918)
    "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification"; "if a pin or password is lost or forgotten it can be changed and reissued but a biometric identification cannot"
    referred to in: act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - 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
    is a type of: identification - evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing
    subtypes:
    • dna fingerprint, genetic fingerprint - biometric identification obtained by examining a person's unique sequence of DNA base pairs; often used for evidence in criminal law cases
    • automatic face recognition, face recognition, facial recognition - biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces
    • fingerprint - a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations
    • finger scan, finger scanning - biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically
    • iris scanning - biometric identification by scanning the iris of the eye
    • signature recognition - biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's signature and matching it electronically against a library of known signatures
    • retinal scanning - biometric identification by scanning the retina of the eye
    • voiceprint - biometric identification by electronically recording and graphically representing a person's voice
    same as: biometric authentication, identity verification

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