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IRIS SCANNING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does iris scanning mean?
• IRIS SCANNING (noun)
The noun IRIS SCANNING has 1 sense:
1. biometric identification by scanning the iris of the eye
Familiarity information: IRIS SCANNING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Biometric identification by scanning the iris of the eye
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
the structure of the iris is very distinctive
Hypernyms ("iris 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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