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FINGER SCAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does finger scan mean?
• FINGER SCAN (noun)
The noun FINGER SCAN has 1 sense:
1. biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically
Familiarity information: FINGER SCAN 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 scan" 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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