lie detector (redirected from Lie-detector)

lie detector

n.

A polygraph used to detect possible deception during an interrogation.

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lie detector

n

a polygraph used esp by a police interrogator to detect false or devious answers to questions, a sudden change in one or more involuntary physiological responses being considered a manifestation of guilt, fear, etc. See polygraph [1] galvanic skin response

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

lie detector - a polygraph that records bodily changes sometimes associated with lying electrical skin response, electrodermal response, Fere phenomenon, galvanic skin response, GSR, psychogalvanic response, Tarchanoff phenomenon - a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety; can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body polygraph - a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration)

Translations

lie detector

n → Lügendetektor m

lie detector n → macchina della verità