Example Sentences

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I heard a story once about a rookie who got excited when the captain stepped outside and he couldn't get an encephalographic reading on him.

From The Planet with No Nightmare by Harmon, Jim

I did mention to Thomson, as you asked me to, that I'd heard rumors of some revolutionary encephalographic techniques and would be interested in seeing the work.

From Sentiment, Inc. by Anderson, Poul William

The rhythm of the syllables and their proportion to the length of word and sentence are computed to correspond to typed encephalographic curves.

From Turning Point by Coppel, Alfred

The encephalographic part of the machine measures the exact pulsations in the individual corresponding to the various emotional reactions.

From Sentiment, Inc. by Anderson, Poul William