GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Fingerprint (?), n. [Finger + print.]
   1. an impression of the pattern of ridges on the skin of the last joint of a person's finger, left on a surface after a person has touched the surface.  Fingerprints left by persons who have committed crimes are considered as reliable physical evidence linking an individual with a crime, because each person's fingerprints are distinctively different from those of others, allowing identification of a person with high confidence.
   
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   2. a fingerprint1 made intentionally in ink on a paper form for the purpose of identification of the individual.
   
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   3. any distinctive pattern of characteristics or properties of an object which can serve to identify that object; as, “the distinctive fingerprint of eugenol in the mass spectrum allowed easy recognition of its presence in the sample”.
   
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   4. a smudge made by a (dirty) finger. [wns=3]
   
   Syn. -- fingermark.
   
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   fingerprint v. t. to take an impression of the fingerprints of (a person); as, “to fingerprint applicants for a gun permit”.
   
   [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]