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English noun: identity verification

1. identity verification (communication) the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics


SamplesNegative 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.


Synonymsbiometric authentication, biometric identification


Broader (hypernym)identification


Narrower (hyponym)automatic face recognition, DNA fingerprint, face recognition, facial recognition, finger scan, finger scanning, fingerprint, genetic fingerprint, iris scanning, retinal scanning, signature recognition, voiceprint


Domain categoryact of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act









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