polygraphic
- a word derived from polygraph.
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Used separately, Strand and Cormack agree, either psychological or polygraphic testing is only 60% to 65% accurate; but the two combined score about 95%.
From Time Magazine Archive
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From his opened briefcase he fished out the Voigt-Kampff apparatus, seated himself at a nearby rosewood coffee table, and began to assemble the rather simple polygraphic instruments.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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"Mon Dieu!" said the expiring sinner, who, it seems, saw both the real and polygraphic apparition, "il y en a deux!"
From The Bride of Lammermoor by Scott, Walter, Sir
Then he was a polygraphic writer, producing treatises, satires, and pamphlets on the most diverse subjects.
From Initiation into Literature by Gordon, Home, Sir, Bart.
He wrote a great deal else: and would no doubt in more recent times have been a "polygraphic" journalist of some distinction.
From A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by Saintsbury, George