Scoville unit
(also Scoville heat unit)
noun
(Originally) the factor by which the chilli-pepper solution is diluted in the Scoville test, used as a measure of the relative pungency of the pepper; (hence) an equivalent number derived from an objective test, especially the use of gas chromatography to measure the quantity of capsaicin in a pepper.
Origin
1950s.
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