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iden·ti·kit | \ " \
Definition of identikit
(Entry 1 of 2)
chiefly British
: produced by or as if by the routine assembly of stock materials : lacking variety or individuality : prefabricated, stereotyped the type of bland, middlebrow, identikit novel— Quentin Oates
Identi-Kit
trademarkIden·ti-Kit | \ īˈdentə̇ˌkit \
Definition of Identi-Kit (Entry 2 of 2)
—used for a method of creating a picture (as of the face of a person wanted by police) by combining several separate images (as of different features)
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The first known use of identikit was in 1962
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