osmoscope
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An instrument for detecting and for measuring odors.
noun
An instrument for measuring osmosis.
Example Sentences
- "Odorless air enters osmoscope through side tube where it is mixed with odorous test air which enters from end tube."
- "Test for odor, using a normal inhalation. If an osmoscope is used, insert the tube of the osmoscope to a point just above the surface of the water and test for odor as above."
- "The osmoscope may be used by increasing the dilution of air until the odor vanishes, or decreasing the dilution until the odor is first detectable."
- "The osmoscopes developed in the authors' laboratory are comparable in their basic concept with the grease-spot photometer employed by Bunsen to measure the intensity of a light source."
Etymology
From osmo- + -scope.