biometric

adjective

bio·​met·​ric ˌbī-ō-ˈme-trik 

variants or less commonly biometrical

ˌbī-ō-ˈme-tri-kəl 

: of, relating to, or utilizing biometrics or biometry

Examples of biometric in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In an era when companies like Palantir are using biometric data from AI to help ICE track down and detain immigrants, allowing this tech into our diverse, multicultural classrooms endangers our students, their families, and school workers. —Liat Olenick, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2025

Eight years later, this former Amazon mechanical design engineer raised in a conservative Korean household is now running a profitable company convincing women to share their most intimate biometric data: their orgasms. —Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025

Excessive data collection is when an app collects your biometric data, keystrokes, clipboard data, photos, videos, or other activity in other apps without your consent and knowledge. —PC Magazine, 31 July 2025

The biometric and cryptocurrency firm seeks to verify humanness for free, relying solely on a scan of a person’s iris without collecting any personal information. —Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1893, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for biometric

• obstetric
• symmetric
• allometric
• asymmetric
• barometric
• bathymetric
• coulometric
• cytometric
• geometric
• gravimetric
• isometric
• manometric

Medical Definition

biometric

adjective

bio·​met·​ric -ˈme-trik 

variants also biometrical

-ˈme-tri-kəl 

1

: of or relating to biometry

the biometric analysis of infant mortality

2

: utilizing biometrics

biometric identification

: identifying individuals based on the analysis or measurement of unique physical or behavioral characteristics

Retina scanners are not the only example of biometric technology, which uses machines to identify people by their physical characteristics …

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