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Minutiae , in fingerprint
Fingerprint

A fingerprint is an impression of the friction ridges of all part of the finger. A friction ridge is a raised portion of the epidermis on the palmar or digits or plantar skin, consisting of one or more connected ridge units of friction ridge skin....
ing terms, are the points of interest in a fingerprint, such as bifurcations (a ridge splitting into two) and ridge endings. Examples are :












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Minutiae , in fingerprint
Fingerprint

A fingerprint is an impression of the friction ridges of all part of the finger. A friction ridge is a raised portion of the epidermis on the palmar or digits or plantar skin, consisting of one or more connected ridge units of friction ridge skin....
ing terms, are the points of interest in a fingerprint, such as bifurcations (a ridge splitting into two) and ridge endings. Examples are :

  • ridge endings - a ridge that ends abruptly
  • ridge bifurcation - a single ridge that divides into two ridges
  • short ridges, island or independent ridge - a ridge that commences, travels a short distance and then ends
  • ridge enclosures - a single ridge that bifurcates and reunites shortly afterward to continue as a single ridge
  • spur - a bifurcation with a short ridge branching off a longer ridge
  • crossover or bridge - a short ridge that runs between two parallel ridges


  • Minutiae can also refer to any small or otherwise incidental detail.
  • It also includes deltas, y shaped ridge meetings and cores, u-turns in the ridge patterns.


See also

  • De minimis
    De minimis

    De minimis is a Latin expression meaning about minimal things, normally in the phrases de minimis non curat praetor or de minimis non curat lex, meaning that the law is not interested in trivial matters....