Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun iris_scanning

1 sense of iris scanning

Sense 1
iris scanning -- (biometric identification by scanning the iris of the eye; "the structure of the iris is very distinctive")
       => biometric identification, biometric authentication, identity verification -- (the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics; "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification"; "if a pin or password is lost or forgotten it can be changed and reissued but a biometric identification cannot")