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polygraph

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1. polygraph - Noun

2. polygraph - Verb

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An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a manifold writer; a copying machine.

In bibliography, a collection of different works, either by one or several authors.

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 interrogator. Also called lie detector

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After the initial story broke, Beltran claimed the Astros didn’t use a camera to gain a competitive advantage before the league did its best impression of the polygraph on and determined that was a lie. Source: Internet

AntiPolygraph.org argues that the NSA-produced video omits some information about the polygraph process; it produced a video responding to the NSA video. Source: Internet

Arrested in Oceanside on May 17, 1993, Morgan and Holland both took polygraph exams administered by California police. Source: Internet

A polygraph test on Guandique, administered on February 4, 2002, returned inconclusive results that were officially ruled "not deceptive". Source: Internet

Between 1974 and 1979, of the 20,511 job applicants who took polygraph tests, 695 (3.4%) confessed to previous felony crimes; almost all of those crimes had been undetected. Source: Internet

Because neither the informant nor Guandique was fluent in English, D.C. chief detective Jack Barrett said that he would have preferred polygraph tests to have been administered by bilingual examiners, who were unavailable at the time. Source: Internet

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