Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics;
- Example: "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification"- Example: "if a pin or password is lost or forgotten it can be changed and reissued but a biometric identification cannot"[syn: biometric identification, biometric authentication, identity verification]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
identity verification
n 1: the automatic identification of living individuals by using
their physiological and behavioral characteristics;
"negative identification can only be accomplished through
biometric identification"; "if a pin or password is lost or
forgotten it can be changed and reissued but a biometric
identification cannot" [syn: biometric identification,
biometric authentication, identity verification]