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Meaning of BERTILLON SYSTEM

Pronunciation:  'bur`tlân 'sistum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a system or procedure for identifying persons
 
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 See Also: procedure, process

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ber`til`lon" sys"tem\ [After Alphonse
Bertillon, French anthropologist.]
A system for the identification of persons by a physical
description based upon anthropometric measurements, notes of
markings, deformities, color, impression of thumb lines, etc.
 
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