e-fit
noun British trademark
An electronic picture of the face of a person being sought by the police, created by a computer program from composite photographs of facial features.The system, which works with all races and genders, can identify suspects from images such as video, CCTV, photographs, artists' composite drawing and police e-fits....
- The attacks sparked an intense police hunt, which included the use of more than 100 wanted posters featuring an e-fit compiled from descriptions given by victims.
- Posters featuring an e-fit of the man were put up in shops and businesses across Bolton town centre and Farnworth.
Origin
1980s: from e-2 and fit1 (noun), on the pattern of photofit.
- polynuclear
- polynucleate
- polynucleated
- polynucleotide
- polynya
- polyocracy
- polyodic
- polyodont
- polyodontid
- polyoestrous
- macrofilaricide
- macroflora
- macro focusing
- macroform
- macrofossil
- macrofungus
- macrogamete
- macrogametocyte
- macrogametophyte
- macrogeographic
- macrogeographical
- macrogeography
- macroglia
- macroglial
- macroglobulin