Facial recognition
Facial recognition noun - Biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces.
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Synonyms for Facial recognition
Face recognition is a synonym for facial recognition. In some cases you can use "Face recognition" instead a noun phrase "Facial recognition".
Face recognition
Face recognition noun - Biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces.
Usage example: they used face recognition to spot known terrorists
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Synonyms for Face recognition
Facial recognition is a synonym for face recognition. You can use "Facial recognition" instead a noun phrase "Face recognition".
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