identification
identifications
Identification is what you show when someone wants proof of who you are. When you get pulled over by a cop for speeding, you better have your driver’s license on you as your form of identification!
Identification isn’t just the card or passport you carry around in your wallet to prove who you are to others. You can also have an identification with a person if you share common beliefs, traditions, or values; then you can say that you identify with that person. Identification can also mean the process of recognizing or identifying something. You may have to wait to adopt that stray dog until the pound has put the pooch through an identification process, trying to see if he already belongs to another family.
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the act of designating or identifying something
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synonyms:
designation
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diagnosing, diagnosis
identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
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blood typing
determining a person's blood type by serological methods
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medical diagnosis
identification of a disease from its symptoms
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uranalysis, urinalysis
(medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis)
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determination, finding
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
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the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
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recognition
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identity
the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known
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speaker identification, talker identification
identification of a person from the sound of their voice
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memory, remembering
the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
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identity
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the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established
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evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing
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ballistic fingerprinting, ballistic identification, bullet fingerprinting
identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it
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biometric authentication, biometric identification, identity verification
the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics
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imprint
an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page
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positive identification
evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance
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negative identification
evidence proving that you are not who you say you are not; evidence establishing that you are not among a group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to rejection
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facial profiling
identification of criminals and terrorist by means of videotapes of their faces
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fingerprint
a generic term for any identifying characteristic
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linguistic profiling
using speech characteristics or dialect to identify a speaker's race or religion or social class
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profiling
recording a person's behavior and analyzing psychological characteristics in order to predict or assess their ability in a certain sphere or to identify a particular group of people
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key
a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
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identification number, number
a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification
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card, identity card
a card certifying the identity of the bearer
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DNA fingerprint, genetic fingerprint
biometric identification obtained by examining a person's unique sequence of DNA base pairs; often used for evidence in criminal law cases
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automatic face recognition, face recognition, facial recognition
biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces
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fingerprint
a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations
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finger scan, finger scanning
biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically
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iris scanning
biometric identification by scanning the iris of the eye
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signature recognition
biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's signature and matching it electronically against a library of known signatures
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retinal scanning
biometric identification by scanning the retina of the eye
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voiceprint
biometric identification by electronically recording and graphically representing a person's voice
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countersign, parole, password, watchword, word
a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
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green card
a card that identifies the bearer as an alien with permanent resident status in the United States
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I.D., ID
a card or badge used to identify the bearer
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charge card, charge plate, credit card, plastic
a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered
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debit card
a card (usually plastic) that enables the holder to withdraw money or to have the cost of purchases charged directly to the holder's bank account
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smart card
a plastic card containing a microprocessor that enables the holder to perform operations requiring data that is stored in the microprocessor; typically used to perform financial transactions
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evidence
an indication that makes something evident
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the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)
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identity, individuality, personal identity
the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
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identity, individuality, personal identity
Vocabulary lists containing identification
Milkweed tells the story of an orphan struggling to survive in Warsaw during World War II. Learn these words from the novel by Jerry Spinelli.
The 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till galvanized the Civil Rights Movement. In this novel, award-winning author Chris Crowe explores the murder and its aftermath through the perspective of a fictional teenage narrator.
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