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identikit

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun identikit has 1 sense

identikit(n = noun.artifact) identikit picture - a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought; Array

is a kind of likeness, semblance

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CIDE DICTIONARY

identikit, prop. n. [trademark].

A set of images containing a wide variety of facial features, such as noses, hairlines, chins, etc. on transparencies which can be overlayed in combinations to build up a picture of a person; it is used by police agencies to create concrete images of a crime suspect from the descriptions of witnesses; the image created with the kit is also called an Identikit, or more properly an Identikit picture. [WordNet 1.5]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

identikit, n. (often attrib.) propr. a reconstructed picture of a person (esp. one sought by the police) assembled from transparent strips showing typical facial features according to witnesses' descriptions.

Etymology

IDENTITY + KIT(1)

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