face recognition

/feɪs ˈrɛkəgˌnɪʃən/
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Definitions of face recognition
  1. noun
    the visual perception of familiar faces
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    type of:
    beholding, seeing, visual perception
    perception by means of the eyes
  2. noun
    biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces
    “they used face recognition to spot known terrorists”
    synonyms: automatic face recognition, facial recognition
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    type of:
    biometric authentication, biometric identification, identity verification
    the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics
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