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单词 polygraphy
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Definition of polygraphy in English:

polygraphy

noun pəˈlɪɡrəfipɒˈlɪɡrəfi
  • 1A code or cipher; the action or practice of creating, writing, or deciphering such a code. Now frequently historical.

  • 2Copious writing or literary work; literary productiveness.

  • 3The action or practice of using a mechanical or chemical process to produce copies of pictures, writing, etc.

  • 4The use of a polygraph to record several physiological characteristics simultaneously; the interpretation of data from a polygraph.

Origin

Late 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Harvey (d. 1630), astrologer and polemicist. From post-classical Latin polygraphia, poligraphia code or cipher, fact of writing much from Hellenistic Greek πολυγραϕία fact of writing much from πολυγράϕος (adjective) writing much + ancient Greek -ία.

 
 

Definition of polygraphy in US English:

polygraphy

noun
  • 1A code or cipher; the action or practice of creating, writing, or deciphering such a code. Now frequently historical.

  • 2Copious writing or literary work; literary productiveness.

  • 3The action or practice of using a mechanical or chemical process to produce copies of pictures, writing, etc.

  • 4The use of a polygraph to record several physiological characteristics simultaneously; the interpretation of data from a polygraph.

Origin

Late 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Harvey (d. 1630), astrologer and polemicist. From post-classical Latin polygraphia, poligraphia code or cipher, fact of writing much from Hellenistic Greek πολυγραϕία fact of writing much from πολυγράϕος (adjective) writing much + ancient Greek -ία.

 
 
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