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FINGERPRINT [5 records]

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Record 1 2023-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dactyloscopy
DEF

The print or impression produced by the friction ridges of the inner surface of the fingertip.

Key term(s)
  • finger print

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dactyloscopie
DEF

Trace laissée par le doigt, dont le dessin est dû aux crêtes papillaires des pulpes des doigts et qui est propre à chaque individu, permettant une identification précise.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dactiloscopia
DEF

[Impresión] que las yemas de los dedos deja al tocar la superficie lisa o pulimentada de un objeto, compuesta de determinadas crestas [o] surcos papilares, la cual no sólo se aplica para la investigaciones criminales, sino como medio de afianzar la identidad de una persona.

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Record 2 2012-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Police
  • Criminology
PHR

to take fingerprints of

French

Domaine(s)
  • Police
  • Criminologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Policía
  • Criminología
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Record 3 2007-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coining
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
DEF

The likeness of a fingerprint which is etched into the toning of some coins and caused by the action of skin oils with the metal over time.

OBS

Very often, such fingerprints cannot be removed without damage to the coin. Thus, coins should be held by their edges to avoid such problems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Monnayage
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
DEF

Marque de manipulation sur le lustre d'une pièce due à la réaction du métal au contact des huiles naturelles.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
DEF

The result of an analytic technique capable of distinguishing between or separating similar compounds, such as the final position on a chromatographic plate of individual peptides from a mixture of peptides subjected to two-dimensional paper chromatography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
CONT

Une carte [peptidique est] obtenue quand de l'hémoglobine humaine est clivée par de la trypsine. Chaque tache contient l'un des peptides. Cette carte bidimensionnelle est obtenue en effectuant une électrophorèse d'un mélange peptidique selon une direction de la feuille de papier, en séchant le papier, puis en effectuant une séparation chromatographique des peptides dans l'autre direction. Aucun des deux procédés ne permet à lui seul la séparation des peptides, mais la combinaison séquentielle des deux est très efficace pour séparer les peptides contenus dans un mélange complexe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bioquímica
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Record 5 1999-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Mining Engineering
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
DEF

Evidence for the presence or the identity of a substance that is obtained by techniques such as spectroscopy, chromatography, or electrophoresis.

OBS

The parties have also filed fresh scientific evidence concerning the efficacy of a technique known as "gold fingerprinting" which allegedly permits scientists to match samples of gold with samples taken from the mines at which they originated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
  • Génie minier
  • Études et analyses environnementales
OBS

empreinte ou caractérisation des HAP d'une émission donnée (Pollution atmosphérique, no 112, p. 257).

Spanish

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