(v)put a fingerprint on, See Also:put/set a thump on, have fingerprint impression, Example:คุณยายแปะโป้งแทนการเซ็นชื่อเพราะคุณยายเขียนหนังสือไม่ได้, Thai Definition:พิมพ์ลายนิ้วมือแทนหรือประกอบการลงชื่อ
(n)biometric identification obtained by examining a person's unique sequence of DNA base pairs; often used for evidence in criminal law cases, Syn.genetic fingerprint
(n)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, Syn.ballistic fingerprinting, bullet fingerprinting
n. [ Finger + print. ] 1. an impression of the pattern of ridges on the skin of the last joint of a person's finger, left on a surface after a person has touched the surface. Fingerprints left by persons who have committed crimes are considered as reliable physical evidence linking an individual with a crime, because each person's fingerprints are distinctively different from those of others, allowing identification of a person with high confidence. [ PJC ]
2. a fingerprint{ 1 } made intentionally in ink on a paper form for the purpose of identification of the individual. [ PJC ]
3. any distinctive pattern of characteristics or properties of an object which can serve to identify that object; as, the distinctive fingerprint of eugenol in the mass spectrum allowed easy recognition of its presence in the sample. [ PJC ]
4. a smudge made by a (dirty) finger. [ wns=3 ] Syn. -- fingermark. [ WordNet 1.5 ]