Fingerprint Definition

fĭnggər-prĭnt
fingerprinted, fingerprinting, fingerprints
noun
fingerprints
A mark left on a surface by a person's fingertip.
American Heritage Medicine
An impression of the lines and whorls on the inner surface of the end joint of the finger, used as by the police in the identification of a person.
Webster's New World
Any characteristic or set of characteristics that distinguishes or unambiguously identifies a person or thing; signature.
Webster's New World
A DNA fingerprint.
American Heritage
A chemical fingerprint.
American Heritage Medicine
verb
fingerprinted, fingerprinting, fingerprints
To take the fingerprints of.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Fingerprint

Noun

Singular:
fingerprint
Plural:
fingerprints

Origin of Fingerprint

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