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| Automated Fingerprint Identification System - The classification an retrieval of fingerprints by computers. |
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| A system of identification of individuals by measurement of parts of the body, developed by Alphonse Bertillon. |
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| A fingerprint pattern in which the ridge pattern originates from one side of the print and leaves from the other side. |
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| A center of a loop or whorl. |
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| A triangular ridge pattern with ridges that go in different directions above and below a triangle. |
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| An impression left on any surface that consists of patterns made by the ridges on a finger. |
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| To emit visible light when exposed to light of a shorter wavelength. |
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| A technique for visualizing latent fingerprints by exposing them to iodine vapors. |
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| A hidden fingerprint made visible through the use of powders or other techniques. |
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| A fingerprint pattern in which the ridge pattern flows inward and returns in the direction of the origin. |
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| The combination of details in the shapes and positions of ridges in fingerprints that make each unique; also called ridge characteristics. |
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| A chemical reagent used to develop latent fingerprints on porpous materials by reacting with amino acids in perspiration. |
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| A visible fingerprint that happens when fingers with blood, ink, or some other substance on them touch a surface and transfer the pattern of their fingerprint to that surface. |
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| A silver nitrate-based reagent formulated to develop latent fingerprints on porous surfaces. |
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| A three-dimensional fingerprint made ins oft material such as clay, soap,, or putty. |
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| The recognizable pattern of the ridges found in the end joints of fingers that form lines on the surfaces of objects in a fingerprint. They fall into three categories: arches, loops, and whorls. |
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| A physical change from the solid directly into the gaseous state. |
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| A technique for visualizing latent fingerprints on nonporous surfaces by exposing them to cyanoacrylate vapors. |
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| A form used to record and preserve a person's fingerprints. |
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| A fingerprint pattern that resembles a bull's-eye. |
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