Definitions

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  • noun the integumentary pattern of the palm of the hand, sometimes also including that of the fingers
  • noun such a pattern used for identification purposes

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Examples

  • These were on their way to the lab for testing, specifically against the blood swipe in the Mitsubishi and the part-thumb and palmprint.

    Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008

  • These were on their way to the lab for testing, specifically against the blood swipe in the Mitsubishi and the part-thumb and palmprint.

    Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008

  • These were on their way to the lab for testing, specifically against the blood swipe in the Mitsubishi and the part-thumb and palmprint.

    Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008

  • He tried to stand, leaning against the wall with a bloody palmprint.

    Casanegra Blair Underwood with Tananarive Due 2007

  • I used my own palmprint and made a shadowgram of my hand in the darkroom.

    Disinfotainment: A Picture of Me 2002

  • I used my own palmprint and made a shadowgram of my hand in the darkroom.

    Disinfotainment: February 2002 Archives 2002

  • According to the search, the Trehanna was from Yrigar on Trehan, and was known as Diaadul, widow of Innaris; beneath the letters was a series of bars that represented retinal and palmprint scans.

    Proud Helios Melissa Scott 2000

  • Diaadul stepped forward cautiously, laid her hand on the cool slab of the palmprint reader, and leaned forward until her veiled forehead rested on the edge of the lens.

    Proud Helios Melissa Scott 2000

  • The door was locked down and secured, as it should have been, but there was a palmprint button by the side of the door.

    Roger MacBride Allen, Roger MacBride 1996

  • Makoma's palmprint found the fingerprints of two unidentified people.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

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