polygraph — Kamus bahasa Inggris

Nomina

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.

   Sinonim

   lie detector

   Contoh

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

   Penggunaan

   • ketinggalan zaman

   Sinonim

   manifold writerautopen

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

   Penggunaan

   • arkais

4. A group of letters that represent a single phoneme.

   Sinonim

   multigraph

5. Any group of letters treated as a single item.

   Contoh

   Lebih banyak contoh (1)

   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. An author who writes on many subjects.

7. A multidimensional directed graph.

   Sinonim

   computad

Verba

1. To administer a polygraph test to.

   Penggunaan

   • transitif

   Kata terkait

   truth serumdigraphtrigraph

   Contoh

   The FBI polygraphed the suspect but learned nothing because they already knew he was lying.

Nomina

1. a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration)

   Istilah yang lebih umum

   medical instrument