Definition of: Bertillon system

(bûr′tə·lon, Fr. ber·tē·yô′)
A system of coded physical measurements, later extended to include personal characteristics, such as the color of the eyes, scars, deformities, and the like (sometimes, also, photographs), used as a means for identification, especially as applied to criminals. [after Alphonse Bertillon, 1853–1914, French anthropologist]