"profiling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: profilings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} profiling (usually uncountable, plural profilings)
  1. The forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics): 定性 (dìngxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), profilointi (Finnish), profilage [masculine] (French), profilozás (Hungarian), プロファイリング (purofairingu) (Japanese), expediente criminal (Spanish), expediente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-profiling-en-noun-TD6YahA7 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 45 34 21 Disambiguation of "forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics": 98 2
  2. (military, historical) In the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the sectional form of the parapets at those points. Tags: historical, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-profiling-en-noun-zW4Tgf2g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 50 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 51 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 53 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 58 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 33 54 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 55 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 27 60 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 27 57 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 26 61 12 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: DNA profiling, facial profiling, psychological profiling, racial profiling

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} profiling
  1. present participle and gerund of profile Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: profile
    Sense id: en-profiling-en-verb-SKPwHmY8

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