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Definition of odorant in English: odorantnoun ˈəʊd(ə)r(ə)ntˈōdərənt A substance used to give a particular odour to a product. Example sentencesExamples - The best way to identify gas in homes, which was naturally without smell, was by continuing the policy of adding an odorant, he added.
- Because such an event could be life threatening, inserting an odorant into these gases is crucial to provide a warning of exposure.
- Within the indoor environment, the perceived odor will often result from exposures to a mixture of several odorants.
- These genes are believed to accept aquatic odorants.
- The binding of a chemical cue to an odorant receptor activates G proteins initiating a signal transduction cascade that results in a behavioral response.
- In fact, all participants were given cotton pads without a specific odorant, although the pads themselves did have a mild odor.
- He said that this technology can also detect the sulfur-based odorants added to natural gas.
- They used four odorants: chocolate odor represented a food odor, and lavender represented a non-food odor that was similarly pleasant as chocolate.
- However, a natural flower oil may contain over 400 different odorants and there are more than 270 known constituents in rose oil.
- Primary detection of odorants in the vomeronasal system occurs in the vomeronasal organ.
- For virtually all animals, behavioral responses to odorants are essential for food localization, avoidance of noxious agents, and selection of reproductive partners.
- She said it was particularly intriguing that odorants with related chemical structures showed highly similar patterns of activation in the cortex.
- The extracellular signaling of hormones, light, and odorants is facilitated by a large family of G-protein-coupled receptors.
- They don't say very much about the cleaning liquid except that it comprises alcohol, tensides, lubricants and odorants.
- Abstract Olfactory receptor neurons respond to odorants with characteristic patterns of action potentials that are relevant for odor coding.
- The G-protein-coupled receptors sense various agonists such as photons, odorants, neurotransmitters, pheromones, and sugars.
- Animals that reached the odorant or control were trapped by a spot of sodium azide.
- Therefore, the chemical composition of an odorant will determine the attractiveness of the odor to the searching organism in terms of its identity and quality.
- Furthermore, we were not able to evaluate the repeatability of participants' ratings of known odorants in this study.
- However, rates of pilferage increased when either the substrate or the seeds were moistened, causing them to release more odorants.
Origin Late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense 'odorous'): from Old French, present participle of odorer, from Latin odorare 'give an odour to'. The current sense dates from the 1940s. Definition of odorant in US English: odorantnounˈōdərənt A substance giving off a smell, especially one used to give a particular scent or odor to a product. Example sentencesExamples - She said it was particularly intriguing that odorants with related chemical structures showed highly similar patterns of activation in the cortex.
- However, a natural flower oil may contain over 400 different odorants and there are more than 270 known constituents in rose oil.
- The binding of a chemical cue to an odorant receptor activates G proteins initiating a signal transduction cascade that results in a behavioral response.
- He said that this technology can also detect the sulfur-based odorants added to natural gas.
- The best way to identify gas in homes, which was naturally without smell, was by continuing the policy of adding an odorant, he added.
- Animals that reached the odorant or control were trapped by a spot of sodium azide.
- Primary detection of odorants in the vomeronasal system occurs in the vomeronasal organ.
- The G-protein-coupled receptors sense various agonists such as photons, odorants, neurotransmitters, pheromones, and sugars.
- In fact, all participants were given cotton pads without a specific odorant, although the pads themselves did have a mild odor.
- However, rates of pilferage increased when either the substrate or the seeds were moistened, causing them to release more odorants.
- The extracellular signaling of hormones, light, and odorants is facilitated by a large family of G-protein-coupled receptors.
- For virtually all animals, behavioral responses to odorants are essential for food localization, avoidance of noxious agents, and selection of reproductive partners.
- Because such an event could be life threatening, inserting an odorant into these gases is crucial to provide a warning of exposure.
- Abstract Olfactory receptor neurons respond to odorants with characteristic patterns of action potentials that are relevant for odor coding.
- They don't say very much about the cleaning liquid except that it comprises alcohol, tensides, lubricants and odorants.
- These genes are believed to accept aquatic odorants.
- They used four odorants: chocolate odor represented a food odor, and lavender represented a non-food odor that was similarly pleasant as chocolate.
- Furthermore, we were not able to evaluate the repeatability of participants' ratings of known odorants in this study.
- Therefore, the chemical composition of an odorant will determine the attractiveness of the odor to the searching organism in terms of its identity and quality.
- Within the indoor environment, the perceived odor will often result from exposures to a mixture of several odorants.
Origin Late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘odorous’): from Old French, present participle of odorer, from Latin odorare ‘give an odor to’. The current sense dates from the 1940s. |