lie detector

English

A medieval lie detector

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.

Synonyms

• polygraph

Translations

polygraph (informal)

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 測謊器／测谎器 (zh) (cèhuǎngqì), 测谎器 (zh) (caak1 fong1 hei3), 測謊儀／测谎仪 (cèhuǎngyí), 测谎仪 (caak1 fong1 ji4), 測謊機／测谎机 (cèhuǎngjī), 测谎机 (caak1 fong1 gei1)

  Mandarin: 測謊器／测谎器 (zh) (cèhuǎngqì), 测谎器 (zh) (cèhuǎngqì), 測謊儀／测谎仪 (cèhuǎngyí), 测谎仪 (cèhuǎngyí), 測謊機／测谎机 (cèhuǎngjī), 测谎机 (cèhuǎngjī)

• Finnish: valheenpaljastin (fi)
• French: détecteur de mensonges (fr) m
• German: Lügendetektor (de) m
• Hungarian: hazugságvizsgáló
• Irish: brathadóir éithigh m
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• Japanese: 嘘発見器 (うそはっけんき, uso-hakkenki)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: løgndetektor m

  Nynorsk: lygndetektor m, løgndetektor m

• Polish: wykrywacz kłamstw (pl) m
• Portuguese: detector de mentiras m
• Russian: дете́ктор лжи́ (ru) m (detéktor lží), полигра́ф (ru) m (poligráf)
• Swedish: lögndetektor c

See also

• truth serum

chart recorder often used with a
lie detector