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FINGER SCANNING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does finger scanning mean?
• FINGER SCANNING (noun)
The noun FINGER SCANNING has 1 sense:
1. biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically
Familiarity information: FINGER SCANNING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
finger scan; finger scanning
Hypernyms ("finger scanning" is a kind of...):
biometric authentication; biometric identification; identity verification (the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics)
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