polygraph /ˈpɒliɡɹæf/noun 7verb 1forms 3 noun7 •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 posed to a subject, in an attempt to detect deception.It used to be just a plain office with a chair and some instruments on a table. Then they got the new, fancy polygraph system. — 1992 •A group of letters that represent a single phoneme. •Any group of letters treated as a single item. •An author who writes on many subjects. •(old-fashioned) A mechanical instrument for multiplying copies of a writing, resembling multiple pantographs. •A multidimensional directed graph. •(no longer used) A collection of different works, either by one or several authors. verb1 •To administer a polygraph test to.The FBI polygraphed the suspect but learned nothing because they already knew he was lying. formspolygraphed · polygraphing · polygraphs