'Bertillon system' definitions:
Definition of 'Bertillon system'
From: WordNet
noun
A system or procedure for identifying persons
Definition of 'Bertillon system'
From: GCIDE
- Bertillon system \Ber`til`lon" sys"tem\ [After Alphonse Bertillon, French anthropologist.] A system for the identification of persons by a physical description based upon anthropometric measurements, notes of markings, deformities, color, impression of thumb lines, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]