lie detector

See also: lie-detector

English

A medieval lie detector

chart recorder often used with a lie detector

Alternative forms

• 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: pathometer, polygraph

Translations

polygraph (informal) — see also polygraph

• Chinese:

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

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

• Danish: løgnedetektor c
• Dutch: leugendetector (nl) m
• Faroese: lygnkanningartól, lygnavdúkari
• Finnish: valheenpaljastin (fi)
• French: détecteur de mensonges (fr) m
• German: Lügendetektor (de) m
• Hebrew: מְכוֹנַת אֱמֶת (he) f (m'chonát emét)
• Hungarian: hazugságvizsgáló (hu)
• Icelandic: lygamælir (is) m
• Irish: brathadóir éithigh m
• 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
• Turkish: yalan makinesi (tr)

See also

• truth serum

Further reading

• polygraph on Wikipedia.Wikipedia