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olfactometer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ol-fac-tome-ter
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A device used to measure the acuity of a person's sense of smell.

noun

A device used to measure odour intensity, and concentrations of volatile organic compounds, by means of their smell.

Etymology

From olfacto- + -meter.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

olfactometers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

olfactometric olfactometry

Questions

What does olfactometer mean?
A device used to measure the acuity of a person's sense of smell.
Where does olfactometer come from?
From olfacto- + -meter.

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