Fingerprint
English Meaning
- An impression on a surface of the curves formed by the ridges on a fingertip, especially such an impression made in ink and used as a means of identification.
- A distinctive or identifying mark or characteristic: "the invisible fingerprint that's used on labels and packaging to sort out genuine products from counterfeits” ( Gene G. Marcial).
- A DNA fingerprint.
- A chemical fingerprint.
- To take the fingerprints of.
- To identify by means of a distinctive mark or characteristic.