PROFILING

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Definition

verb

To create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.).
To act based on such a summary, especially one that is a stereotype; to engage in profiling.
To draw in profile or outline.
To give a definite form by chiselling, milling, etc.
To measure the performance of various parts of (a program) so as to locate bottlenecks.

noun

The forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics.
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.

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