henry system

henry system
noun
Usage: usually capitalized H
Etymology: after Sir Edward Henry died 1931 British government official
: a system of numerical and letter classification of fingerprint patterns that treats the ten fingers as a unit and forms the basis of the majority of identification systems employed in English-speaking countries

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