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fingerprint

Summary

fingerprint is a biometric identifier[1]. fingerprint draws 3,580 Wikipedia views per month (biometric_identifier category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • fingerprint is credited with the discovery of Johann Christoph Andreas Mayer[3].
  • fingerprint's instance of is recorded as biometric identifier[4].
  • fingerprint is a type of impression[5].
  • fingerprint's Commons category is recorded as Fingerprints[6].
  • fingerprint's Unicode character is recorded as 🫆[7].
  • fingerprint comprises papillary line[8].
  • fingerprint's has cause is recorded as finger[9].
  • fingerprint's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fingerprints[10].
  • fingerprint's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • fingerprint's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[12].
  • fingerprint's studied by is recorded as dermatoglyphics[13].

Body

Definition and Type

fingerprint's instance of is recorded as biometric identifier[4]. fingerprint is a type of impression[5].

Use and Application

fingerprint comprises papillary line[8].

Why It Matters

fingerprint draws 3,580 Wikipedia views per month (biometric_identifier category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] fingerprint has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] fingerprint is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Salil Prabhakar

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . unicode.org. Retrieved . unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_fingerprint_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{fingerprint}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/fingerprint}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Has part(s) → papillary line
    Subclass of → impression
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25089, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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