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单词 olfactometer
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Definition of olfactometer in English:

olfactometer

noun ˌɒlfakˈtɒmɪtəˌōl-
  • An instrument for measuring the intensity of an odour or the sensitivity of someone or something to an odour.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Predators were individually introduced into the olfactometer at the starting point on an iron wire, which was positioned in the center of the glass tube.
    • A device called an olfactometer wafted the odours of each participant towards the mosquitoes.
    • Mosquito responses were favorable in the olfactometer, but the human hand still attracted the most.
    • They use an olfactometer, a cage separated by a screen, where mosquitoes are placed on one side and an attractant is pumped through the other, to see if mosquitoes will come to the screen.
    • Each subject was fitted with non-magnetic earphones and a device to deliver smells, called an olfactometer, developed by he and his coauthor, a bioengineering graduate student.
    • In Y-tube olfactometer tests, tomato-strain mites showed a preference for tomato (over cucumber), while cucumber-strain mites showed no preference.
    • First, we assessed whether N. cucumeris avoided odors of Orius that had been feeding on different diets, by means of an olfactometer.

Derivatives

  • olfactometry

  • noun
    • Olfactometric sampling and analysis provides a reliable measurement of odour concentration, thereby providing valuable data from which to make reasoned odour management decisions.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The IBP team has applied gas chromatography and olfactometry to the problem.
      • Our group has expertise in the areas of olfactometry, odour sampling and trace odour component analysis down to part per trillion concentrations.

Rhymes

accelerometer, anemometer, barometer, gasometer, geometer, manometer, micrometer, milometer, optometer, pedometer, photometer, pyrometer, speedometer, swingometer, tachometer, thermometer
 
 

Definition of olfactometer in US English:

olfactometer

nounˌōl-
  • An instrument for measuring the intensity of an odor or the sensitivity of someone or something to an odor.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In Y-tube olfactometer tests, tomato-strain mites showed a preference for tomato (over cucumber), while cucumber-strain mites showed no preference.
    • A device called an olfactometer wafted the odours of each participant towards the mosquitoes.
    • Predators were individually introduced into the olfactometer at the starting point on an iron wire, which was positioned in the center of the glass tube.
    • They use an olfactometer, a cage separated by a screen, where mosquitoes are placed on one side and an attractant is pumped through the other, to see if mosquitoes will come to the screen.
    • Each subject was fitted with non-magnetic earphones and a device to deliver smells, called an olfactometer, developed by he and his coauthor, a bioengineering graduate student.
    • Mosquito responses were favorable in the olfactometer, but the human hand still attracted the most.
    • First, we assessed whether N. cucumeris avoided odors of Orius that had been feeding on different diets, by means of an olfactometer.
 
 
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