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polygraph

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  • //ˈpɒliɡɹæf//
  • //ˈpɒliɡɹɑːf//

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.

sostantivo

  1. 1

    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.

    It used to be just a plain office with a chair and some instruments on a table. Then they got the new, fancy polygraph system.

  2. 2

    desuetoA mechanical instrument for multiplying copies of a writing, resembling multiple pantographs.

  3. 3

    arcaicoA collection of different works, either by one or several authors.

  4. 4

    A group of letters that represent a single phoneme.

  5. 5

    Any group of letters treated as a single item.

    A polygraph consists of an unspecified number of adjacent letters. A polygraph need not be recognisable as a word in a language but if we are attempting to decipher a message which is expected to be in English and we find the heptagraph MEETING it is much more promising than if we find a heptagraph such as DKRPIGX.

  6. 6

    An author who writes on many subjects.

  7. 7

    A multidimensional directed graph.

Etimologia

From poly- + -graph.

verbo

  1. 1

    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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Le pagine vicineL'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.

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