pol|y|graph

pol|y|graph
pol|y|graph «POL ee graf, -grahf», noun.
1. = lie detector. (Cf. ↑lie detector)
2. Medicine. an instrument for recording several pulsations, as of an artery, a vein, and the heart, all at once.
3. an apparatus resembling a pantograph, used for making two or more identical drawings or writings simultaneously.
4. a prolific or versatile author.
╂[probably < poly- + -graph. Compare French polygraphe instrument that makes simultaneous drawings, Greek polygráphos one that writes much.]

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