polygraph
/ˈpɒliɡɹæf/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
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.
noun
A mechanical instrument for multiplying copies of a writing, resembling multiple pantographs.
Dated
noun
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "The FBI polygraphed the suspect but learned nothing because they already knew he was lying."