FACIAL RECOGNITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does facial recognition mean? 

• FACIAL RECOGNITION (noun)
  The noun FACIAL RECOGNITION has 1 sense:

1. biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces

  Familiarity information: FACIAL RECOGNITION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FACIAL RECOGNITION (noun)

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Meaning:

Biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

automatic face recognition; face recognition; facial recognition

Context example:

they used face recognition to spot known terrorists

Hypernyms ("facial recognition" is a kind of...):

biometric authentication; biometric identification; identity verification (the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics)

Domain category:

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)

 Context examples 

The same artificial intelligence technique used in facial recognition systems could help improve prediction of hailstorms and their severity, according to a new study by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

(Facial recognition technique could improve hail forecasts, National Science Foundation)

With a brief glance, facial recognition software can categorize gender with remarkable accuracy.

(Facial recognition software has a gender problem, National Science Foundation)

The analysis revealed a single genetic variation in the oxytocin receptor that was strongly associated with facial recognition memory.

(Oxytocin affects facial recognition, NIH)

Facial recognition software is an example of machine learning.

(Scientists teach computers how to analyze brain cells, National Institutes of Health)