Definition of Finger scanning

1. Noun. Biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Finger Scanning

finger millet
finger on the pulse
finger pad
finger paint
finger painted
finger painting
finger paintings
finger paints
finger percussion
finger phenomenon
finger plate
finger protein
finger ring
finger rings
finger scan
finger scanning (current term)
finger spelling
finger spin
finger spinner
finger spinners
finger tight
finger wave
finger work
fingerbanged
fingerboard
fingerboards
fingerbowl
fingerbowls
fingerbreadth

Literary usage of Finger scanning

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Contemporary Review (1874)
"It would of course be unwieldy if tried by Pope's regular, finger-scanning by syllables, instead of Chaucer's beats of time. ..."

2. The Mind of Man: A Text-book of Psychology by Gustav Spiller (1902)
"Let a man imagine himself walking along a lane, playing with a ring on his finger, scanning the scenery around him, and secondarily rehearsing a poem. ..."

3. Memoir of William Edmondstoune Aytoun by Theodore Martin (1867)
"... A better creature never framed a verse By dint of finger-scanning ; yet he's deemed A proper poet by the gaping fools, Who know not me ! ..."

4. The Book of Ballads by Theodore Martin, William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1867)
"... especial friend— A better creature never framed a verse By dint of finger-scanning; yet he's deemed A proper poet by the gaping fools Who know not me! ..."

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