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olfactometer

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ol·fac·tom·e·ter  (lfk-tm-tr, l-)
n.
An apparatus for measuring the acuity of the sense of smell.


ol·facto·metric (-t-mtrk) adj.
olfac·tome·try n.


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For the study, scientists devised an experiment, in which they first made the subjects in a special smell laboratory to view images of 60 visual objects, each presented simultaneously with either a pleasant or an unpleasant odour generated in a machine called an olfactometer.
A significant difference was demonstrated in the feeling of satiation after the olfactometer delivery of the classical beverage aroma profile was compared to the olfactometer delivery of the soft solid aroma profile.
Odorous air samples are taken in the field using Tedlar bags, and returned to the laboratory for evaluation by a trained panel of odor observers using a device known as an olfactometer (St.
 
 
 
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