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Minutiae (; singular minutia ; both also pronounced ) are, in everyday English, minor or incidental details. In biometrics and forensic science, minutiae are major features of a fingerprint, using which comparisons of one print with another can be made. Minutiae include: * ''Ridge ending'' – the abrupt end of a ridge * ''Ridge bifurcation'' – a single ridge that divides into two ridges * ''Short ridge'', or ''independent ridge'' – a ridge that commences, travels a short distance and then ends * ''Island'' – a single small ridge inside a short ridge or ridge ending that is not connected to all other ridges * ''Ridge enclosure'' – 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 * ''Delta'' – a Y-shaped ridge meeting * ''Core'' – a U-turn in the ridge pattern ==See also== * De minimis 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Minutiae」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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