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fingerprint
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2009
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fin·ger·print
/ ˈfinggərˌprint/
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n.
an impression or mark made on a surface by a person's fingertip, esp. as used for identifying individuals from the unique pattern of whorls and lines:
the police had his fingerprints on file.
∎ fig.
a distinctive identifying characteristic:
the faint chemical fingerprint of plastic explosives.
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v. [tr.]
record the fingerprints of (someone).
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Fingerprints clue EE into high-tech venture. (electrical engineer)(Fingermatrix' Matcher and Automatic Fingerprint Identification System)
Magazine article from: EDN; 12/3/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...to perfect his fingerprint-identification...snowflakes, no two fingerprints are the same...to compare the fingerprint to find a match...the number of fingerprints in the main database...compare 16,000 fingerprints/sec. For law...a suspect's fingerprint can be identified...
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Fingerprints unsmudged.(COMMENTARY)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 11/21/2007; 700+ words
; ...Because, she said, fingerprint evidence isn...defendant's fingerprints were found on...experts rely on fingerprint evidence, and...different story if fingerprints were an untested...have relied on fingerprint evidence for years...that the lack of fingerprints in a case, or...
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Fingerprints aims American novelties toward Japanese. (pen, pencil and mug manufacturer) (company profile)
Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal; 9/12/1988; ; 700+ words
; Fingerprints aims American novelties toward Japanese...years later, the company has left its fingerprints across North America, and now wants...won't be assigned to this case. Fingerprints of California, an El Cajon-based...
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Fingerprints: not a gold standard: a few judges are showing signs of skepticism, and it's about time.
Magazine article from: Issues in Science and Technology; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...essentially, that fingerprint identification...scientific evidence. Fingerprints not scientific...conclusions of fingerprint examiners not...match. Although fingerprint experts insist...know when two fingerprints match, there...
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 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Fingerprint evidence becomin suspect?; DNA: The method of identification might not hold up in courts much longer, some experts say
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 4/8/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...nearly a century, fingerprints have been superstars...expert said a fingerprint at the crime scene...crime scenes? Fingerprint evidence was first...in 1911, and "fingerprints still have a kind...none has yet kept fingerprints out of a trial...have recognized fingerprint evidence as ...
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Fingerprint evidence facing court challenges: ; An old superstar could soontake a backseat to DNA
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 4/8/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...century, fingerprints have been...expert said a fingerprint at the crime...found your fingerprints, you were there' Fingerprint evidence...yet kept fingerprints out of a...recognized fingerprint evidence...
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Fingerprints provide clues to more than just identity.
Newspaper article from: NewsRx Health & Science; 9/7/2008; 700+ words
; ...easily uncover fingerprints buried beneath...found in each fingerprint can be unique...pull one fingerprint out from...of other fingerprints, Ifa said...used with fingerprint recognition...examined fingerprints in situ or...
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Fingerprints: scientific proof or just a matter of opinion? LEAKED REPORT: DISPUTE REVEALED LEAKED REPORT: DISPUTE REVEALED Forensic evidence faces crisis after head of Scottish Fingerprint Service argues that ID from prints is 'judgement' rather than fact
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 11/20/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...and other Scottish fingerprint bureaux over the identities of a number of fingerprints. The revelations...from international fingerprint experts, and predictions...international view of fingerprint identification. The...example, states that fingerprints offer an "infallible...
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 "The Independent on Saturday (South Africa)")
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Fingerprints 'easily faked'; Not reliable, say experts.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Saturday (South Africa); 10/14/2006; 700+ words
; ...50 cases of fingerprint fraud, while...cases where fingerprints had been falsified...57 cases of fingerprint fraud. Klatzow...to transfer fingerprints. Fingerprints...had found the fingerprint. Fingerprints can make or...
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 "Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)")
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Fingerprints that can tell us so much; Expert verdict It has been accepted throughout recorded history that no two people have identical fingerprints., ROGER JEWSBURY, head of the department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, in the School of Applied Sciences at University of Huddersfield investigates.(News)
Newspaper article from: Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England); 7/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...identical fingerprints throughout...history, with fingerprint impressions...set up a Fingerprint Bureau in 1901. Fingerprints left by normal...molecules in the fingerprint and after...view the fingerprints with the...
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Fingerprint Analysis (Famous Cases)
Book article from: World of Forensic Science
...will leave bloody fingerprints behind, an example...Plastic prints are fingerprint impressions made...developed to recover fingerprints after longer time...have elapsed. A fingerprint found at the scene...against him was fingerprints, and four experts...trial. However, fingerprint ...
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Fingerprint Analysis
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
Fingerprint Analysis...LICHANSKA Fingerprints are the patterns...first ever fingerprint. The first book about fingerprints was published...millions of fingerprint cards and...70 million fingerprints. Although...
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Fingerprint
Book article from: World of Forensic Science
Fingerprint Fingerprints are the impressions that are...are eight major categories of fingerprint patterns. Fingerprint experts start with the basic...friction ridges when they study fingerprints, but they depend heavily on...
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Fingerprints
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...many states fingerprint the recipients...jurisdictions a set of fingerprints or a thumbprint...the state. The fingerprints are checked against...2 [1996]). Fingerprint information is...containing the fingerprints of convicted criminals...Integrated Automated Fingerprint ...
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Latent Fingerprint
Book article from: World of Forensic Science
Latent Fingerprint Chance impressions...known as latent fingerprints, are the oftentimes...introduced the use of fingerprints to solve crimes...scientists studied fingerprint identification...arrangement of fingerprints is unique and...
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