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BIOMETRICS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis
Synonyms:
biometrics; biometry; biostatistics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("biometrics" is a kind of...):
statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)
bioscience; life science (any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms)
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