polygraph

polygraph is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a manifold writer; a copying machine. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 22 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a manifold writer; a copying machine.
2. noun. In bibliography, a collection of different works, either by one or several authors.
3. noun. An instrument for detecting deceptive statements by a subject, by measuring several physiological states of the subject, such as pulse, heartbeat, and sweating. The instrument records these parameters on a strip of paper while the subject is asked questions designed to elicit emotional responses when the subject tries to deceive the interrogator. Also called lie detector
4. noun. a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration)

Common word forms

polygraphs, polygraphed, polygrapher

Words from these letters

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