FACE RECOGNITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does face recognition mean? 

• FACE RECOGNITION (noun)
  The noun FACE RECOGNITION has 2 senses:

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

2. the visual perception of familiar faces

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FACE RECOGNITION (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The visual perception of familiar faces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

beholding; seeing; visual perception (perception by means of the eyes)

 Context examples 

The researchers first created unique standardized growth charts from general population data for 3 social characteristics that are often impaired in people with ASD: face recognition memory, gaze fixation, and facial emotion recognition.

(Oxytocin affects facial recognition, NIH)

The scientists chose such families because of their wide variation in face recognition memory and other social skills.

(Oxytocin affects facial recognition, NIH)