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English Dictionary: polygraph by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
polygraph
n
  1. a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Polygraph \Pol"y*graph\, n. [Gr. [?] writing much; poly`s much,
      many + [?] to write: cf. F. polygraphe.]
      1. An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a
            manifold writer; a copying machine.
  
      2. In bibliography, a collection of different works, either
            by one or several authors. --Brande & C.
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