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polygram|ˈpɒlɪgræm|
[f. poly- + Gr. γράµµη line; (cf. Gr. πολύγραµµος many-lined, Arist.).]
1. A figure or design consisting of many lines. (In quot. 1903 in imitation of monogram.)
1696Phillips (ed. 5), Polygram, a Geometrical Figure that has many Lines. 1863R. Townsend Mod. Geom. I. 144 A complete figure which in the absence of any as yet generally recognized nomenclature may be termed a polystigm in the former case, and a polygram in the latter. 1903G. F. Abbott Tour Macedonia 43 A mystic design which..in reality was the imperial polygram. The document, polygram and all, cost me five shillings.
2. A recording made with a polygraph (sense 3).
1923W. D. Reid Heart in Mod. Pract. iii. 60 It is frequently not possible to determine from the polygram whether the tachycardia originates in the auricle or in the ventricle unless the tracing shows the onset or cessation of the paroxysm. 1966R. J. Ferguson Polygraph & Private Industry vii. 299 Extreme caution must be used in interpreting polygrams.
Hence polygraˈmmatic a., pertaining or relating to a polygram.
1890in Cent. Dict. |