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IDENTIKIT
Identikit, Identikit picture
(noun) a likeness of a person’s face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
identikit (plural identikits)
A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to build a likeness of a person sought for a crime.
A composite sketch generated by a sketch artist, software, or a box of facial features on transparent foils that police officers and other public service professionals use to create a likeness of a person from a witness description.
Synonyms
• photofit
Adjective
identikit (not comparable) (UK)
(informal, chiefly, derogatory) Indistinguishable from each other; mass-produced or mass-marketed.
Synonyms
• cookie-cutter
Source: Wiktionary
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TERNARY
(adjective) having three units or components or elements; “a ternary operation”; “a treble row of red beads”; “overcrowding made triple sessions necessary”; “triple time has three beats per measure”; “triplex windows”
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