"lie detector" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lie detectors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lie detector (plural lie detectors)
  1. (informal) A polygraph, a device which measures and records several physiological variables such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiration and skin conductivity while a series of questions is being asked to a subject, in an attempt to detect lies. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Pseudoscience Synonyms: pathometer, polygraph, lie-detector Related terms: truth serum Translations: 測謊器 (Chinese Cantonese), 测谎器 (caak¹ fong¹ hei³) (Chinese Cantonese), 測謊儀 (Chinese Cantonese), 测谎仪 (caak¹ fong¹ ji⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 測謊機 (Chinese Cantonese), 测谎机 (caak¹ fong¹ gei¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 測謊器 (Chinese Mandarin), 测谎器 (cèhuǎngqì) (Chinese Mandarin), 測謊儀 (Chinese Mandarin), 测谎仪 (cèhuǎngyí) (Chinese Mandarin), 測謊機 (Chinese Mandarin), 测谎机 (cèhuǎngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), løgnedetektor [common-gender] (Danish), leugendetector [masculine] (Dutch), lygnkanningartól (Faroese), lygnavdúkari (Faroese), valheenpaljastin (Finnish), détecteur de mensonges [masculine] (French), Lügendetektor [masculine] (German), מְכוֹנַת אֱמֶת (m'chonát emét) [feminine] (Hebrew), hazugságvizsgáló (Hungarian), lygamælir [masculine] (Icelandic), brathadóir éithigh [masculine] (Irish), 嘘発見器 (uso-hakkenki) (alt: うそはっけんき) (Japanese), løgndetektor [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lygndetektor [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), løgndetektor [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wykrywacz kłamstw [masculine] (Polish), detector de mentiras [masculine] (Portuguese), дете́ктор лжи́ (detéktor lží) [masculine] (Russian), полигра́ф (poligráf) [masculine] (Russian), lögndetektor [common-gender] (Swedish), yalan makinesi (Turkish)

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