FACE RECOGNITION

Pronunciation (US):

• FACE RECOGNITION (noun)
  The noun FACE RECOGNITION has 2 senses:

1. biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces
2. the visual perception of familiar faces

  Familiarity information: FACE RECOGNITION used as a noun is rare.

• FACE RECOGNITION (noun)

Meaning:

Biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

automatic face recognition; face recognition; facial recognition

Context example:

they used face recognition to spot known terrorists

Hypernyms ("face recognition" is a kind of...):

biometric authentication; biometric identification; identity verification (the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Meaning:

The visual perception of familiar faces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("face recognition" is a kind of...):

beholding; seeing; visual perception (perception by means of the eyes)