Profiling (profiler)
- profiling
/ˈprəʊfʌɪlɪŋ/
noun
the recording and analysis of a person's psychological and behavioural characteristics, so as to assess or predict their capabilities in a certain sphere or to assist in identifying categories of people.
"we put everyone through psychometric profiling"
- profiler
/ˈprəʊfʌɪlə/
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noun
1.
a person who records and analyses someone's psychological and behavioural characteristics, so as to assess or predict their capabilities or to assist in identifying categories of people.
"psychological profilers are being used to help officers build a picture of the attacker"
2.
an instrument or device for making scientific measurements, for example of the atmosphere or physical features.
"a wind profiler for winds in the upper atmosphere"