[ˈprəʊfʌɪlə], (Noun)

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- 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
(e.g: psychological profilers are being used to help officers build a picture of the attacker)

- an instrument or device for making scientific measurements, for example of the atmosphere or physical features
(e.g: a wind profiler for winds in the upper atmosphere)


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