BERTILLON SYSTEM


Meaning of BERTILLON SYSTEM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbər-t ə l-ˌän-, ˈber-tē-ˌyōⁿ- ]

noun

Etymology: Alphonse Bertillon died 1914 French criminologist

Date: 1893

: a system for identifying persons based on bodily measurements, photographs, and notation of data (as markings, color, and thumb line impressions)

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