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Definition of Olfactometer
1. Noun. A device used to measure the acuity of a person's sense of smell ¹
2. Noun. A device used to measure odour intensity, and concentrations of volatile organic compounds, by means of their smell. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Olfactometer
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Olfactometer
1. A device for estimating the keenness of the sense of smell. Origin: L. Olfactus, smell, + G. Metron, measure (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Olfactometer
Literary usage of Olfactometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"The chief instrument is the olfactometer, the theory of which is that intensity
of smell varies directly as extent of odoriferous surface exposed. ..."
2. Human Psychology by Howard Crosby Warren (1919)
"Hollow tubes lined with odorous substance are shown at left, drawn partly over
the olfactometer tubes. [From Titchener, after Stoelting. ..."
3. A Text-book of Psychology by Edward Bradford Titchener (1909)
"We may proceed in two ways: we may conduct the odours separately to the two
nostrils, by means of the olfactometer; or — if chemical combination does not ..."
4. Experimental Psychology: A Manual of Laboratory Practice by Edward Bradford Titchener (1901)
"217 is a cut of the old model (wooden stand) double olfactometer. maker's Fluid-Mantle
OI- ... A double fluid- mantle olfactometer, made entirely of metal, ..."
5. Elements of Human Psychology by Howard Crosby Warren (1922)
"olfactometer The bent tubes at left are inserted in the nostrils. Tubes lined
with some odorous substance are drawn over straight part of tubes at right. ..."
6. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1899)
"seconds with the standard olfactometer, and 5 seconds with the ... With the small
olfactometer, it was never less than 2, and almost never greater than 4 ..."
7. A Text-book of physiology by Isaac Ott (1913)
"... olfactometer.—Rubber tubing, two inches in length, is fitted inside a glass
tube, which prevents any particles of odor leaving its surface. ..."
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