pathometer

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English

Etymology

From patho- +‎ -meter.

Noun

pathometer (plural pathometers)

  1. A lie detector.
    • 1984, United States of America V. Kimberlin, page 15:
      It stated that polygraph evidence, voice stress results, and pathometer exam readings are inadmissible under Frye, even when other evidence corroborates the evidence.
    • 2014, Kerry Segrave, Lie Detectors: A Social History:
      That was not surprising since Kubis was an Associate Professor of Psychology at Fordham University and had taken over the role of chief proselytizer for the pathometer (as the machine was then called) after the death of its inventor, Summers.
    • 2018, Andrew Balmer, Lie Detection and the Law: Torture, Technology and Truth:
      In reviewing Summers' research in light of other forensic devices, for example, the New York Supreme Court's opinion was that 'the pathometer' represented a superior approach to discerning witness veracity.

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