Look up: fingerprint

1. fingerprint
   [n] - any identifying characteristic 2. [n] - a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger 3. [v] - take an impression of a person`s fingerprints
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2. fingerprint
   Ridge pattern of the skin on a person's fingertips; this is constant through life and no two are exactly alike. Fingerprinting was first used as a means of identifying crime suspects in India, and...
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3. Fingerprint
   Numerical representation of a compound or library which describes in a computationally simple fashion a set of attributes (descriptors), such as atom connectives, 3-D structure or physical properties.
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4. Fingerprint
   Fingerprint: 1. The characteristic dermal ridges on the finger. This is the original meaning of fingerprint. 2. The characteristic pattern of the peptide fragments of a protein that have been subjected to electrophoresis and, at a right angle, chromatography. Peptide fingerprinting was invented by V...
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5. fingerprint
   physical characteristic identifying a terminal user; a device is used for reading and transmitting his fingerprints or thumb-print and the computer has a program for identifying this Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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6. fingerprint
   1. An impression of the inked bulb of the distal phalanx of a finger, showing the configuration of the surface ridges, used as a means of identification. ... See: dermatoglyphics, Galton's system of classification of fingerprints. ... 2. Term, sometimes used informally, referring to any analytical m...
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7. fingerprint
   noun a generic term for any identifying characteristic; `that tax bill had the senator`s fingerprints all over it`
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8. fingerprint
   verb take an impression of a person`s fingerprints
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9. fingerprint
   (fing´gәr-print) an impression of the cutaneous ridges of the fleshy distal portion of a finger. the image obtained from fingerprinting of proteins or nucleic acids. the infrared absorption spectrum of a molecule.
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10. fingerprint
    (from the article `chemical compound`) ...the carbon-carbon double bond. The many bending vibrations of carbon-hydrogen bonds cause the complicated absorption pattern ranging from about 7 ...
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11. fingerprint
    impression made by the papillary ridges on the ends of the fingers and thumbs. Fingerprints afford an infallible means of personal identification, ... [4 related articles]
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12. fingerprint
    fingerprint, an impression of the underside of the end of a finger or thumb, used for identification because the arrangement of ridges in any fingerprint is thought to be unique and permanent with each person (no two persons having the same prints have ever been found). Palm prints and footprints ar...
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13. fingerprint
    Type: Term Pronunciation: fing′gĕr-print Definitions: 1. An impression of the inked bulb of the distal phalanx of a finger, showing the configuration of the surface ridges, used as a means of identification. 2. Term, sometimes used informally, referring to any analytic method applicable t...
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14. fingerprint
    Ridge pattern of the skin on a person's fingertips; this is constant through life and no two are exactly alike. Fingerprinting was first used as a means of identifying crime suspects in India, and was adopted by the English police in 1901; it is now widely employed in police and security work
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15. Fingerprint
    Numerical representation of a compound or library which describes in a computationally simple fashion a set of attributes (descriptors), such as atom connectives, 3-D structure or physical properties.
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16. Fingerprint
    A `fingerprint` in its narrow sense is an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger.<ref name=swglos>http://www.swgfast.org/documents/glossary/090508_Glossary_2.0.pdf Peer Reviewed Glossary of the Scientific Working Group on Friction Ridge Analysis, Study and Technology (SWGFAST)--...
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17. Fingerprint
    (disambiguation) A `fingerprint` is a mark made by the pattern of ridges on the pad of a human finger. The term has been extended by metaphor to anything that can uniquely distinguish a person or object from another, including: Titles: See also:
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18. Fingerprint
    (computing) In computer science, a `fingerprinting algorithm` is a procedure that maps an arbitrarily large data item (such as a computer file) to a much shorter bit string, its `fingerprint`, that uniquely identifies the original data for all practical purposes<ref name="bro2">A...
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