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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

Fingerprint \Fin"ger*print\, 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.

Note: 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. [WordNet sense 3]

Syn: fingermark.
[WordNet 1.5]


fingerprint \fin"ger*print\ v. t.
to take an impression of the fingerprints of (a person); as,
to fingerprint applicants for a gun permit.
[WordNet 1.5 PJC]