organoleptic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɔː(ɹ)ˌɡænəʊˈlɛptɪk/
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Etymology
From French organoleptique, from organo- + Ancient Greek ληπτικός (lēptikós, “disposed to take”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the sensory properties of a particular food or chemical, the taste, colour, odour, and feel.
At some point in the history of QC evaluations of alcohol beverages the phrase ‘organoleptic testing’ crept into the industry's vocabulary. Though organoleptic testing does refer to the use of the senses for product evaluations, that is where the comparison to sensory evaluation stops.
2011, John Piggott, editor, Alcoholic Beverages: Sensory Evaluation and Consumer Research, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 26:The organoleptic assessment of the wine showed that it was spoiled.
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(not-comparable) Using the senses rather than instruments.
Organoleptic testing of the cosmetics revealed the presence of lumps in the hand cream.
Deriveds
Translations (13)
el οργανοληπτικός (Translations) · sv organoleptisk (Translations) · fr organoleptique (Translations) · it organolettico (Translations) · nb organoleptisk (Translations) · fi aistinvarainen (Translations) · ru органолептический (Translations) · pt organoléptico (Translations) · de organoleptisch (Translations) · nl organoleptisch (Translations) · es organoléptico (Translations) · ga orgánaileipteach (Translations) · ca organolèptic (Translations)