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eigenfinger

eigenfinger noun: the eigenmap that provides a biometric description of a finger.

Noun

eigenfinger (plural eigenfingers)

  1. The eigenmap that provides a biometric description of a finger.
    • Ribaric et. al. [5] proposed a biometric identification system by extracting the eigenpalm and eigenfinger features from subimages of palm and fingers.2009, Been-Chian Chien, Tzung-Pei Hong, Opportunities and Challenges for Next-Generation Applied Intelligence, page 26

Forms of eigenfinger

pluraleigenfingers

Origin of eigenfinger

From eigen- + finger.

Questions about eigenfinger

What does eigenfinger mean?
Eigenfinger means the eigenmap that provides a biometric description of a finger.
What part of speech is eigenfinger?
Eigenfinger is a noun.
What is the plural of eigenfinger?
The plural of eigenfinger is eigenfingers.

Words near eigenfinger in the dictionary

  1. eigenfactors
  2. eigenfeature
  3. eigenfeatures
  4. eigenfield
  5. eigenfields
  6. eigenfinger
  7. eigenfingers
  8. eigenflux
  9. eigenfluxes
  10. eigenform
  11. eigenforms

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