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Definition of Odors
1. odor [n] - See also: odor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Odors
Literary usage of Odors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1922)
"Henning represents the odors as lying in a qualitative continuum represented by
... At the six corners of this prism are the six principal groups of odors, ..."
2. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"Mankind has been content to classify odors as agreeable and disagreeable, and to
designate the many different qualities of odors by the names of the ..."
3. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"While disagreeable odors may not be harmful, they should be eliminated for esthetic
and ... odors in a living room come mostly from human sources. ..."
4. The Microscopy of Drinking-water by George Chandler Whipple (1905)
"All the odors given off by the decomposition of microscopic organisms are offensive.
... Besides the odors above described, water-supplies sometimes become ..."
5. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1860)
"Bodies, themselves odorant, disguise the odors of other ... Solid bodies may act
by capillary affinity to absorb odors, as is the case, for example, ..."
6. Condensation of Vapor as Induced by Nuclei and Ions by Carl Barus, Lulu Broadbent Joslin (1907)
"ABSENCE OF COLLOIDAL NUCLEI IN STRONG odors. 82. Introductory.—Throughout the
course of my work I have been endeavoring to find whether bodies with strong ..."
7. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1867)
"Bodies, themselves odorant, disguise the odors of other substances, as a strong
light ... Solid bodies may act by capillary affinity to absorb odors, ..."
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