Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

e-fit

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.78 in modern English

Syllables: e--fit
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Acronym of electronic facial identification technique, a computerised system used by police forces for constructing images of suspects' faces from eyewitness accounts.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An individual image constructed by this means.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

E-FITs (plural)

Questions

What does e-fit mean?: Acronym of electronic facial identification technique, a computerised system used by police forces for constructing images of suspects' faces from eyewitness accounts.

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