lie-detector test
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lie detector test — The popular name for a polygraph, which tests a person s physiological response (for example, changes in blood pressure and respiration) to questions asked by a testing expert to judge whether the person is telling the truth. The test s… … Law dictionary
lie-detector test — n. 1) to administer, give a lie detector test 2) to subject smb. to a lie detector test 3) to take a lie detector test 4) to fail; pass a lie detector test * * * give a lie detector test pass a to administer to fail to subject smb. to a lie… … Combinatory dictionary
Lie detector test (disambiguation) — Lie detector test may refer to: *Polygraph, a device which measures and records several physiological variables such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiration and skin conductivity in an attempt to detect stress. * Lie Detector Test, a song by… … Wikipedia
lie detector test — A test made by lie detector. See lie detector … Ballentine's law dictionary
lie detector — lie detectors N COUNT: oft N n A lie detector is an electronic machine used mainly by the police to find out whether a suspect is telling the truth. ...the results of a lie detector test which he said proved his client s innocence. Syn: polygraph … English dictionary
lie detector — lie de.tector n a piece of equipment used especially by the police to check whether someone is lying, by measuring sudden changes in their heart rate ▪ He was asked to take a lie detector test … Dictionary of contemporary English
lie detector — noun Lie detector is used before these nouns: ↑test … Collocations dictionary
lie detector — An instrument, sometimes called a pathometer, whose advocates claim for it that when attached to a witness, it will indicate whether he is testifying truthfully or not. People v Forte, 279 NY 204, 18 NE2d 31, 119 ALR 1198. An instrumentality used … Ballentine's law dictionary
Lie detection — is the practice of determining whether someone is lying. Activities of the bodynot easily controlled by the conscious mind are compared under different circumstances. Usually this involves askingthe subject control questions where the answers are … Wikipedia
lie — / lī/ vi lay / lā/, lain, / lān/, ly·ing: to be sustainable or capable of being maintained: have grounds under the law holding that an action of battery would lie Scott v. Bradford, 606 P.2d 554 (1979) remedies for misrepresentation...will not… … Law dictionary
Detector de mentiras — El llamado detector de mentiras, máquina de la verdad o polígrafo es un tipo particular de instrumento de medición utilizado para el registro de respuestas fisiológicas. Registra las variaciones de la presión arterial, el ritmo cardíaco, la… … Wikipedia Español
