BIOMETRICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does biometrics mean? 

• BIOMETRICS (noun)
  The noun BIOMETRICS has 1 sense:

1. a branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis

  Familiarity information: BIOMETRICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIOMETRICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

biometrics; biometry; biostatistics

Hypernyms ("biometrics" is a kind of...):

statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)

bioscience; life science (any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms)

 Context examples 

Biometrics may be used to help learn the possible causes of a cancer or how often a cancer occurs in a certain group of people.

(Biometrics, NCI Dictionary)

Also called biometrics and biometry.

(Biostatistics, NCI Dictionary)

Also called biometrics and biostatistics.

(Biometry, NCI Dictionary)