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English noun: face recognition

1. face recognition (communication) biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces


SamplesThey used face recognition to spot known terrorists.


Synonymsautomatic face recognition, facial recognition


Broader (hypernym)biometric authentication, biometric identification, identity verification


Domain categoryact of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act

2. face recognition (cognition) the visual perception of familiar faces


Broader (hypernym)beholding, seeing, visual perception









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