1) Lie detector 2) Medical instrument 3) Writing occupation
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1) Lie detector
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n. a lie detector device, from Greek for "many" (poly) "message" (graph) since numerous physiological responses are tested when questions are answered.
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A polygraph (popularly referred to as a lie detector) measures and records several physiological indices such as blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and skin conductivity while the subject is asked and answers a series of questions. The belief underpinning the use of the polygraph is that deceptive answers will produce physiological responses that...
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[author] A polygraph (from Ancient Greek: πολύς, poly = `many` and γράφειν, graphein = `to write`) is an author who writes in a variety of fields. In literature, the term polygraph is often applied to certain writers of antiquity such as Aristotle, Plutarch, Varro, Cicero and Pliny the Elder. Polygraphs still existed in the Midd...
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[duplicating device] A Polygraph is a device that produces a copy of a piece of writing simultaneously with the creation of the original, using pens and ink. Patented by John Isaac Hawkins in 1803, it was most famously used by the third U.S. president, Thomas Jefferson, who acquired his first polygraph in 1804, later suggesting improvements...
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[mathematics] In mathematics, and particularly in category theory, a polygraph is a generalisation of a directed graph. It is also known as a computad. They were introduced as `polygraphs` by Albert Burroni and as `computads` by Ross Street. In the same way that a directed multigraph can freely generate a category, an n-computad is the `mos...
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• (n.) 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 int...
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(pol´e-graf) an apparatus for simultaneously recording several mechanical or electrical impulses, such as blood pressure, pulse, and respiration, and variations in galvanic skin responses. Popularly known as a lie detector.
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n.It is a device or an instrument which is use to detect whether a person is speaking truth or not.It helps to find out the authencity of the statement given by a person.The test performd is called a lie detector test.
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Pol'y·graph noun [ Greek ... writing much;
poly`s much, many + ... to write: confer French
polygraphe .]
1. An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a manifold writer; a copying machine.
2. In bibliography, a collection of different works, either by one or s...
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An instrument that records continuously, visually, permanently, and simultaneously changes in cardiovascular, respiratory, and electrodermal patterns as minimum instrumentation standards; and is used, or the results of which are used, for the purpose of rendering a diagnostic opinion regarding the honesty or dishonesty of an individual.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: pol′ē-graf Definitions: 1. An instrument to obtain simultaneous tracings from several different sources; radial and jugular pulse, apex beat of the heart, phonocardiogram, electrocardiogram. The ECG is nearly always included for timing. 2. An instrument for recording changes in respiration, blood pressure, galva...
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A lie detector device that tests a person's physiological response (for example, changes in blood pressure and respiration) to questionning. The test's reliability is a matter of ongoing controversy, and in most U.S. states polygraph test results are not admissible in court.
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n] - a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration)
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polygraph Also known as a lie detector, it is an electro-mechanical instrument used to determine whether an examinee is truthfully answering questions. It simultaneously measures and records certain physiological changes in the human body which it is believed are involuntarily caused by an examinee’s conscious attempt to deceive an interrogato...
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polygraphy, polygraph, polygraphic 1. An apparatus, on the principle of the pantograph, for producing two or more identical drawings or writings simultaneously. 2. An instrument for obtaining tracings of movements in various parts of the body; a myograph. 3. An instrument for recording changes in respiration, blood pressure, galvanic skin response,...
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noun a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration)
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