noun · academic
biometrics
UK/ˌbaɪəˈmetrɪks/US/ˌbaɪoʊˈmɛtrɪks/bi·o·MET·rics
technology that identifies people by physical characteristics such as fingerprints, facial features or iris patterns
Examples
“Airports increasingly use biometrics to speed up immigration checks.”
“My phone uses biometrics like fingerprint or face recognition to unlock.”
“In Task 2 you could argue about the ethics of using biometrics for surveillance.”
Band 8 sentence
“While biometrics can streamline border control, it raises serious questions about data protection and informed consent.”
Collocations
- biometric data
- biometric authentication
Word family
Common mistakes
biometric as only an adjective (I used a biometric to open the door)→biometrics / a biometric system
saying 'fingerprint' when meaning the whole system→biometrics
Say it for a higher band
5fingerprint→6face recognition→7+biometrics
Synonyms
fingerprint recognition
Easily confused
fingerprint
“The airport stores passengers' biometric data, such as fingerprints and facial scans.”
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