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polygraph

About 0.38 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A device which measures and records several physiological variables such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiration and skin conductivity while a series of questions is being posed to a subject, in an attempt to detect deception.
  2. noun A mechanical instrument for multiplying copies of a writing, resembling multiple pantographs.
  3. noun A collection of different works, either by one or several authors.
  4. noun A group of letters that represent a single phoneme.
  5. noun Any group of letters treated as a single item.
  6. noun An author who writes on many subjects.
  7. noun A multidimensional directed graph.
  8. verb To administer a polygraph test to.
    The FBI polygraphed the suspect but learned nothing because they already knew he was lying.

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test tests examination testing evidence examinations protection and examiner

Word family

polygraphic polygraphs

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