Australian English Meaning of polygraph

lie detector

Other Australian English words related to lie detector

Definitions and Meaning of polygraph in English

Wordnet

polygraph (n)

a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration)

Webster

polygraph (n.)

An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a manifold writer; a copying machine.

In bibliography, a collection of different works, either by one or several authors.

An instrument for detecting deceptive statements by a subject, by measuring several physiological states of the subject, such as pulse, heartbeat, and sweating. The instrument records these parameters on a strip of paper while the subject is asked questions designed to elicit emotional responses when the subject tries to deceive the interrogator. Also called lie detector

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lie detector

a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration)An instru

lie detector

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