bertillon | (n) French criminologist (1853-1914), Syn. Alphonse Bertillon |
bertillon system | (n) a system or procedure for identifying persons |
Bertillon system | [ After Alphonse Bertillon, French anthropologist. ] A system for the identification of persons by a physical description based upon anthropometric measurements, notes of markings, deformities, color, impression of thumb lines, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |