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livescan

livescan noun: a system for electronically and inklessly recording fingerprints.

Noun

livescan (plural livescans)

  1. A system for electronically and inklessly recording fingerprints.
    • In 1990 the St. Paul Police Department installed the earliest livescan system. [....] Some departments are now outfitting patrol cars with livescan readers.2001, Simon A. Cole, Suspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification, page 257

Verb

livescan (third-person singular simple present livescans, present participle livescanning, simple past and past participle livescanned)

  1. To obtain fingerprint images electronically.

Forms of livescan

Noun
plurallivescans
Verb
third-person singular presentlivescans
present participlelivescanning
past participlelivescanned
pastlivescanned

Origin of livescan

From live + scan.

Questions about livescan

What does livescan mean?
Livescan means a system for electronically and inklessly recording fingerprints.
What part of speech is livescan?
Livescan can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of livescan?
The plural of livescan is livescans.

Words near livescan in the dictionary

  1. lives with one's wife's family
  2. lives with oneself
  3. lives within oneself
  4. Livesay
  5. Livesays
  6. livescan
  7. livescanned
  8. livescanning
  9. livescans
  10. LiveScript
  11. Livesey

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