Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

odorometer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: odor-om-e-ter
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A device used to measure the intensity of a smell

Example Sentences

"Most of the odorometers now in use have been designed so that measured quantities of odorized gas are mixed with air furnished by an electrically driven blower."
"The types of detectors of importance are the odorometer, titrators, and the odotron."
"On the quiet side, sanitation engineers like Gordon Fair tremendously improved both the testing and treatment of wastewater, bringing in chlorination, increasing aeration, and even introducing odorometers (not to be confused with odometers)."

Etymology

From Latin odor + -meter.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: meter

Inflected Forms

odorometers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

odorometric

Questions

What does odorometer mean?: A device used to measure the intensity of a smell
Where does odorometer come from?: From Latin odor + -meter.

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