Detects bodily changes sometimes associated with lying.
Instrument that records graphically certain body activities, such as thoracic and abdominal respiration, blood pressure, pulse rate, and galvanic skin response (changes in electrical resistance of the skin). Marked changes in these activities when a person answers a question may indicate that the person is lying.
A polygraph for detecting physiological evidence (as change in heart rate) of the tension that accompanies lying.
Aparat koji beleži fiziološke promene (krvotoka, pulsa, disanja i dr.) kod optuženog ili osumnjičenog lica za vreme njegovog saslušanja kad daje neistinite odgovore na postavljena pitanja (lat.)
1. Mnogopisac, pisac koji piše mnogo i o svemu i svačemu; mašina za kopiranje.
2. Aparat koji prislonjen uz telo, beleži duševne doživljaje koji nastaju ako čovek ispitivan, ne govori istinu; v. detektor laži (grč.)