🇬🇧🇪🇸 biometric - biométrico : English Lesson
adjective
Meaning of "biometric" ("biométrico"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
Biometric means using special things about your body—like your fingerprint, your face, or even your eye—to check that it’s really you, kind of like a secret ID your body always carries.
The biometric gate at the zoo scanned my face and probably noticed I look 80% giraffe, 20% confused.
The biometric pet door only opens for our cat, but my little brother keeps meowing at it anyway.
Our school wants a biometric system for lunch, but I’m worried it will learn I always get two desserts.
Grandma said in her day they used library cards, not fancy biometric fingerprints that remember your overdue books.
Real biometric systems can use your fingerprint, face, or even the pattern in your eye, which means your own body is like a super high-tech password you can’t forget.
At the airport, Lena froze before the biometric gate. Her fingerprint reader blinked; the biometric reader failed once. She tried again. The biometric camera scanned her tired face, the biometric ID matched, the biometric gate sighed open. Relief washed over Lena; she hugged her ticket and walked, laughing at how a small biometric click saved her trip.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.
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