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UK
/fˈɪŋɡəpɹˌɪntɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈfɪŋɡɝˌpɹɪntɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈfɪŋɡɝˌpɹɪntɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- the procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification
How To Use fingerprinting In A Sentence
- Sir William James is thought to be the originator of fingerprinting as a means of identification.
- Never mind retinal scans, fingerprinting or facial recognition—we'll soon have our ears on a national database.
- In late summer we checked for retained offspring among the first-year birds in flocks using behavior and DNA fingerprinting.
- You see, some 350 UK schools have been fingerprinting their pupils without their parents' knowledge, and computerising the information.
- Sir William James is thought to be the originator of fingerprinting as a means of identification.
- Alec Jeffreys, the genetics professor who invented DNA fingerprinting in 1984 and went on to help police crack the Pitchfork case, is justifiably proud of his discovery.
- DNA fingerprinting is used in forensics to examine DNA samples taken from a crime scene and compare them to those of a suspect.
- Voice over Police are now using DNA testing, or genetic fingerprinting in an attempt to track down the rapist.
- The genetic diversity of 32 peanut cultivars ( Arachis hypogaea) from different areas in China was analyzed by AFLP fingerprinting technique.
- DNA fingerprinting has proved the clincher in this investigation.