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[Noun] | "poly*graph" | \ ˈpä-lē-ˌgraf \
1: an instrument for recording variations of several different pulsations (as of physiological variables) simultaneously
Origin: 1871 ;
Borrowed from French polygraphe, from poly- {see: |poly-|poly-} + -graphe {see: |-graph|-graph};
* Note : As a word for such an instrument, polygraphe was apparently introduced by the French physiologist and inventor Étienne-Jules Maret (1830-1904). Compare "Des appareils enregistreurs en biologie," part 6 of "Histoire naturelle des corps organisés," Revue des cours scientifiques de la France et de l'étranger, 4. annéee (1867), p. 695: "Je vais mettre sous vos yeux l'enregistreur perfectionné que j'emploie aujourd'hui dans un grand nombre de circonstances. J'appelle polygraphe cet appareil, qui peut fournir le graphique d'un grand nombre de phénomènes différents." ("I am going to place before your eyes a perfected recording device that I have used in a great number of situations. I am calling this device a polygraph, which can provide a graphic record of a great number of different phenomena.") The word polygraph had been used earlier in English for a voluminous or versatile writer (after Greek polýgraphos "writing much"), an imitator, and an instrument resembling a pantograph.;
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[Noun] | "polygraph"
1: an instrument for detecting physical signs of the tension that goes with lying;
* e.g., " ... intelligence agents were trained to fool the polygraph "
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[ "polygraph" ]
1: –noun
* e.g., ... Now my heart needs a polygraph, I was so eager to pack my bags when I really want to stay.
[ "polygraph" ]
2: an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
[ "polygraph" ]
3: a test using such an instrument to determine if a person is telling the truth.
[ "polygraph" ]
4: lie detector.
[ "polygraph" ]
5: an apparatus for producing copies of a drawing or writing.
[ "polygraph" ]
6: a prolific or versatile author.
[ "polygraph" ]
7: –verb (used with object)
[ "polygraph" ]
8: to test (a person) with a polygraph.
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