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BIOMETRIC INDUSTRY [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
  • Anthropology
  • IT Security
DEF

The application of mathematical and statistical methods to describe and analyze data concerning the variation of biological characteristics obtained either from observation or experiment.

OBS

[Through biometrics] the research worker in biology can make quantitative descriptions of the variability of organisms and of the effects on them of various genetic and environmental factors.

Key term(s)
  • biometric industry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
  • Anthropologie
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

[...] application de méthodes mathématiques, en particulier statistiques, à la description et à l'analyse de données recueillies sur des caractéristiques biologiques.

CONT

[La biométrie] étudie les rapports, quant à la taille, au poids ou à la constitution chimique, des divers organes entre eux ou d'un organe particulier avec l'organisme global, et précise les modifications de ces rapports au cours de la croissance. [...] La biométrie établit aussi les rapports entre la constitution d'un être vivant et son comportement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
  • Antropología
  • Seguridad de IT
DEF

Aplicación de modelos matemáticos al estudio de los seres vivos.

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