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Bertillon system

Bertillon system Meaning & Definition
Bertillon system Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bertillon system?

[n] a system or procedure for identifying persons

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Bertillon system In Webster's Dictionary

\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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