AUTOMATIC FACE RECOGNITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does automatic face recognition mean? 

• AUTOMATIC FACE RECOGNITION (noun)
  The noun AUTOMATIC FACE RECOGNITION has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUTOMATIC FACE 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 ("automatic face 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)