Definition of biometric in English:
biometric
adjective bʌɪə(ʊ)ˈmɛtrɪkˌbaɪoʊˈmɛtrɪk
Relating to or involving the application of statistical analysis to biological data.
Example sentencesExamples
- All new U.S. passports must have a biometric chip.
- In the latter case, you need to continually worry about the integrity of the biometric database.
- Biometric interfaces verify the user's identity by reading his or her retina or fingerprint.
- NASA is testing a biometric authentication system that works over the Internet.
- Access is through double doors by a biometric handprint reader.
- Airline associations are already developing biometric identification standards.
- The legislation also grants open-ended authority to require biometric information on IDs in the future.
- Biometric verification is being used in increasingly varied applications.
- Using biometric profiling, it would have been possible to make a precise digital map of his face.
- Opponents also have concerns that biometric devices aren't foolproof, despite scientific claims.
Derivatives
adjectivebʌɪə(ʊ)ˈmɛtrɪk(ə)lˌbīōˈmetrik
The difference in quality may manifest itself indirectly through biometrical characteristics.
Example sentencesExamples
- His department established a unit of biometrical genetics.
- The owner's memory card, uses biometrical data from iris scanners or fingerprint readers.
- His 1915 book showed his fluency with biometrical approaches to genetic problems.
- Out of pattern properties, a biometrical identifier is generated for each penguin.
noun ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)məˈtrɪʃ(ə)nˌbaɪoʊməˈtrɪʃən
An expert in the application of statistical analysis to biological data.
methods widely accepted by biometricians to derive expectations for hypotheses
Example sentencesExamples
- These tests use methods widely accepted by biometricians to derive expectations for hypotheses.
- This was the work of the English natural scientist and biometrician Sir Francis Galton.
- Furthermore examinations need to be peer reviewed by biometricians specializing in writing and testing.
Definition of biometric in US English:
biometric
adjectiveˌbaɪoʊˈmɛtrɪkˌbīōˈmetrik
Relating to or involving the application of statistical analysis to biological data.
Example sentencesExamples
- All new U.S. passports must have a biometric chip.
- The legislation also grants open-ended authority to require biometric information on IDs in the future.
- In the latter case, you need to continually worry about the integrity of the biometric database.
- Biometric verification is being used in increasingly varied applications.
- Access is through double doors by a biometric handprint reader.
- Using biometric profiling, it would have been possible to make a precise digital map of his face.
- Opponents also have concerns that biometric devices aren't foolproof, despite scientific claims.
- Biometric interfaces verify the user's identity by reading his or her retina or fingerprint.
- Airline associations are already developing biometric identification standards.
- NASA is testing a biometric authentication system that works over the Internet.