polygraph
noun
an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
polygraphic
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a word derived from
polygraph.
Example Sentences
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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
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
Then he was a polygraphic writer, producing treatises, satires, and pamphlets on the most diverse subjects.
From Initiation into Literature by Sir Home Gordon, Bart.
"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 Sir Walter Scott
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 George Saintsbury
