Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The identification of individuals by means of examination of the lines on the tips of the fingers: a method employed for the identification of criminals, records of impressions of fingertips being kept for this purpose.
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- noun The
forensic analysis andcomparison offingerprints as a means ofidentification ofindividuals
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (daktylos, "finger") + σκοπέω (skopeō, "I look at").
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Examples
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John Silbert Hemming had neglected to tell her that dactyloscopy powder didn't come off.
Mistress of Justice Deaver, Jeffery 1992
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"Any of you who are familiar with the ancient science of dactyloscopy will recognize this thumb as having the ridge-pattern known as a 'twin loop.'
Time Crime H. Beam Piper 1934
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