Definition of "fingerprint" in English

noun

1. The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual.

2. The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched, especially as used to identify the person who touched the surface.

3. (by extension) A unique combination of features that serves as an identification of something.

   • acoustic fingerprint

4. (cryptography) A unique identification for a public key in asymmetric cryptography.

5. (figurative) A trace that gives evidence of someone's involvement.

verb

1. (transitive) To take somebody's fingerprints.

   • The jail staff fingerprints its inmates routinely

2. (transitive) To identify something uniquely by a combination of measurements.