eigenfinger

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English

Etymology

From eigen- +‎ finger.

Noun

eigenfinger (plural eigenfingers)

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