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The correct spelling is fingerprints.
How to pronounce fingerprints
noun
Say it like: Fin-jer-pri-nts
The correct spelling is fingerprints. The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual. For example: "The jail staff fingerprints its inmates routinely"
Usage Examples
“The jail staff fingerprints its inmates routinely”
Meanings
noun
- 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.Unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem.
- 4.A unique combination of features that serves as an identification of something.
- 5.A trace that gives evidence of someone's involvement.
verb
- 1.To take somebody's fingerprints.
- 2.To identify something uniquely by a combination of measurements.
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