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And they asked me to take a polygraph as to the allegations and reports I'd made. I volunteered and I took the polygraph and passed it without a glitch.
Sibel Edmonds

Meaning of "polygraph" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POLYGRAPH

From Greek polugraphos writing copiously.
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PRONUNCIATION OF POLYGRAPH

polygraph  [ˈpɒlɪˌɡrɑːf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLYGRAPH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Polygraph is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POLYGRAPH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Polygraph

A polygraph measures and records several physiological indices such as blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and skin conductivity while the subject is asked and answers a series of questions. The belief underpinning the use of the polygraph is that deceptive answers will produce physiological responses that can be differentiated from those associated with non-deceptive answers. The polygraph was invented in 1921 by John Augustus Larson, a medical student at the University of California at Berkeley and a police officer of the Berkeley Police Department in Berkeley, California. According to Encyclopædia Britannica, the polygraph was on its 2003 list of greatest inventions, described by the company as inventions that "have had profound effects on human life for better or worse." The efficacy of polygraphs is debated in the scientific community. In 2001, a significant fraction of the scientific community considered polygraphy to be pseudoscience. In 2002, a review by the National Academies of Science found that in populations untrained in countermeasures, polygraph testing can discriminate lying from truth telling at rates above chance, though below perfection.

Definition of polygraph in the English dictionary

The definition of polygraph in the dictionary is an instrument for the simultaneous electrical or mechanical recording of several involuntary physiological activities, including blood pressure, skin resistivity, pulse rate, respiration, and sweating, used esp as a would-be lie detector. Other definition of polygraph is a device for producing copies of written, printed, or drawn matter.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POLYGRAPH


altigraph
ˈæltɪˌɡrɑːf
autograph
ˈɔːtəˌɡrɑːf
choregraph
ˈkɒrɪˌɡrɑːf
chromolithograph
ˌkrəʊməʊˈlɪθəˌɡrɑːf
chronograph
ˈkrɒnəˌɡrɑːf
copygraph
ˈkɒpɪˌɡrɑːf
epigraph
ˈɛpɪˌɡrɑːf
jellygraph
ˈdʒelɪˌɡrɑːf
lithograph
ˈlɪθəˌɡrɑːf
marconigraph
mɑːˈkəʊnɪˌɡrɑːf
monograph
ˈmɒnəˌɡrɑːf
pantograph
ˈpæntəˌɡrɑːf
paragraph
ˈpærəˌɡrɑːf
photograph
ˈfəʊtəˌɡrɑːf
pictograph
ˈpɪktəˌɡrɑːf
radiotelegraph
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈtɛlɪˌɡrɑːf
seismograph
ˈsaɪzməˌɡrɑːf
spirograph
ˈspaɪrəˌɡrɑːf
tachygraph
ˈtækɪˌɡrɑːf
trigraph
ˈtraɪˌɡrɑːf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLYGRAPH

polyglottism
polyglottous
Polygnotus
polygon
polygonaceous
polygonal
polygonally
polygonatum
polygonum
polygony
polygraph test
polygrapher
polygraphic
polygraphically
polygraphist
polygraphy
polygynian
polygynist
polygynous
polygyny

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLYGRAPH

bar graph
cerograph
chromatograph
cinematograph
color photograph
digraph
electrocardiograph
electron micrograph
graph
holograph
ideograph
micrograph
Mimeograph
pantagraph
phonograph
photomicrograph
radiograph
seraph
stereograph
subparagraph
telegraph

Synonyms and antonyms of polygraph in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «polygraph» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POLYGRAPH

Find out the translation of polygraph to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of polygraph from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «polygraph» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

测谎
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

polígrafo
570 millions of speakers

English

polygraph
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

polygraph
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جهاز كشف الكذب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полиграф
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

polígrafo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পলিগ্রাফ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

polygraphe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Polygraph
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lügendetektor
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ポリグラフ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

거짓말 탐지기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Polygraph
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

máy in thành nhiều bản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாலிகிராஃப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॉलीग्राफ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yalan makinesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

poligrafo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wykrywacz kłamstw
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Поліграф
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

poligraf
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολύγραφο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

poligraaftoets
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

polygraf
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

polygraph
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of polygraph

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYGRAPH»

The term «polygraph» is regularly used and occupies the 70.321 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYGRAPH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about polygraph

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7 QUOTES WITH «POLYGRAPH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word polygraph.
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Aldrich Ames
The FBI, to its credit in a self-serving sort of way, rejects the routine use of the polygraph on its own people.
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Jeff Bingaman
I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable.
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Frank Dobson
My own view is that if you filled every member of the parliamentary Labour party with a truth drug and lashed them to a polygraph lie detector, very, very few of them would support foundation hospitals.
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Sibel Edmonds
And they asked me to take a polygraph as to the allegations and reports I'd made. I volunteered and I took the polygraph and passed it without a glitch.
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Sam Ervin
Polygraph tests are 20th-century witchcraft.
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Steven Hatfill
Later, I went down to the Washington field office and an onsite polygraph was administered.
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Steven Hatfill
After reviewing the polygraph charts in private, the polygraph examiner told me that I had passed and that he believed I had nothing to do with the anthrax letters.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYGRAPH»

Discover the use of polygraph in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to polygraph and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Handbook of Polygraph Testing
The Handbook of Polygraph Testing examines the fundamental principles behind lie detector tests, and provides an up-to-date review of their validity.
Murray Kleiner, 2002
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Polygraph
Based on an uncanny series of interwoven true stories, Polygraph is a play noir: part metaphysical thriller, part murder mystery and part love story, played out in a riveting series of overlapping and shifting perspectives.
Robert Lepage, Marie Brassard, Gyllian Raby, 1997
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Gatekeeper: Memoirs of a CIA Polygraph Examiner
The CIA's most experienced polygraph examiner describes more than thirty years of service
John F. Sullivan, 2007
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The Polygraph Test: Lies, Truth and Science
The book is organized in four parts to present the reader with the basic facts' of how the polygraph test does - and does not - work as well as the wider psychological and legal implications.
Anthony Gale, 1988
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Forensic Psychophysiology Using the Polygraph: Scientific ...
Carefully and succinctly explores polygraph law, history, and science. For related material, see Hein Item #327060.
James Allan Matté, 1996
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The Polygraph and Lie Detection
Committee to Review the Scientific Evidence on the Polygraph, Committee on National Statistics, Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences, National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.
Committee to Review the Scientific Evidence on the Polygraph, Committee on National Statistics, Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences, 2003
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Scientific validity of polygraph testing : a research review ...
Thus, recent polygraph policy actions have renewed interest in and debate over the scientific validity of the polygraph. Reviews of scientific literature form the principal means to cumulate research findings and are especially important in order ...
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Psychology and Law: Bridging the Gap
Chapter 3 Lie Detectors and the Law: The Use of the Polygraph in Europe Ewout H. Meijer and Peter J. van Koppen In the 1990s, the Belgian Police found themselves confronted with a number of major criminal investigations they had been ...
Professor David Canter, Professor Rita Žukauskiene, 2012
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How are Prospective Jurors Influenced by Polygraph Lie ...
The current study had three main implications.
David Seaman Lake, 2007
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European Polygraph 19, 2012/1:
scholarly journal European Polygraph, which henceforth will be published quarterly. The original version of the journal is the paper edition.
Jan Widacki, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLYGRAPH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term polygraph is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lie detector fail sends man back to jail
The defendant, Barry Watters, told Common Pleas Judge Anthony Sarcione that as much as he wanted to complete the polygraph test, it was ... «Daily Local News, Jul 15»
2
School administrator touched student's chest while she was taking …
Police asked Doerfler to take a polygraph test, to which Doerfler initially agreed, but he later declined to take it. Sarah Baker, community ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
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To tell the truth: EPD has employed polygraph for years
Since the early 1970s Enid Police Department has used polygraph ... as the FBI, have been using polygraph exams for more than 70 years. «Enid News & Eagle, Jul 15»
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Dying man who served 28 years for murder passes lie detector test …
After passing the polygraph test he said: “I can go to my grave saying I'm an innocent man. I know I've told the truth all these years. “Knowing ... «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»
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Do lie detectors work? We put the latest technology to the test
This is the effect of the new super lie detector test, a test so advanced that it's promising to put the traditional polygraph machines on the ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
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82nd ADSFR Notebook: Polygraph tests clean, conservation …
82nd Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo President Kevin Maurin announced Monday afternoon that all competitors required to take polygraph ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
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Missing youth's sister starts fast seeking polygraph tests on suspects
FARIDKOT: With just 3 days left for the next hearing when Faridkot police have to inform Punjab and Haryana high court about the progress in ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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LAUSD or 'Jailed' Teachers: Who's Telling the Truth?
EDUCATION POLITICS - While polygraph or lie detector tests remain inadmissible in most courts and other proceedings, given their ... «City Watch, Jul 15»
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Rising demand for polygraph testing at Jamaican companies
More local companies are using polygraph tests as a tool to weed out job applicants, especially employers anxious to protect trade secrets and ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»
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Police Asked Teen To Take Polygraph After Alleged Assault
“He asked me if I would take a polygraph test,” said Jordin. “'But she's gonna have to pull herself together. She's gonna have to remain calm to ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»

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