lie detector
A device designed to detect or indicate when a person is lying by measuring and…A device designed to detect or indicate when a person is lying by measuring and recording several physiological variables.
» Tom failed the lie detector test.
Том не пройшов перевірку на поліграфі.
Meaning
1 senses(informal)A device designed to detect or indicate when a person is lying by measuring and recording several physiological variables.
Lügendetektor
дете́ктор лжи́detéktor lží, полигра́фpoligráf
- a polygraph that records bodily changes sometimes associated with lying
Examples
12 sentencesTom failed the lie detector test.
Том не пройшов перевірку на поліграфі.
Have you ever taken a lie detector test?
ruТы когда-нибудь проходил тест на детекторе лжи?
deHast du dich schon einmal einem Lügendetektortest unterzogen?
Tom was asked to take a lie detector test.
Tom has agreed to take a lie detector test.
deTom hat sich zu einem Lügendetektortest bereit erklärt.
They're trained to beat lie detectors.
Translations
6 languagesOrigin
From lie + detector. First use appears c. 1909. See cite below.From lie + detector. First use appears c. 1909. See cite below.
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