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FINGERPRINTING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fingerprinting mean?
• FINGERPRINTING (noun)
The noun FINGERPRINTING has 1 sense:
1. the procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification
Familiarity information: FINGERPRINTING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fingerprinting" is a kind of...):
procedure; process (a particular course of action intended to achieve a result)
Derivation:
fingerprint (take an impression of a person's fingerprints)
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