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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Fingerprint

/fĭng'-gẽrp-rĭntˌ/ · Fin·ger·print · IPA /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌpɹɪnt/
01 n. 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…
  1. 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.
  2. 2.
    a fingerprint{1} made intentionally in ink on a paper form for the purpose of identification of the individual.
  3. 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.
  4. 4.
    a smudge made by a (dirty) finger.
Syn. fingermark.
02 v. t. to take an impression of the fingerprints of (a person); as, to fingerprint applicants for a gun permit.
  1. 1.
    to take an impression of the fingerprints of (a person); as, to fingerprint applicants for a gun permit.