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stinkometer en · NOUN

Etymology

From stink + -o- + -meter.

Meanings

1. A device that measures bad smell.
   • Simpler olfactometric devices have been given a variety of names: osmoscopes, osmometers, scentometers (Barnebey-Cheney, 1963), stinkometers, etc. [1975, Methods in olfactory research, page 46:
   • Bill Ogle suggests “stinkometers” to be placed, one in the tech area and one at the commissary. They should be so constructed that when your stink passes a certain point and when you pass a certain point, a bell will ring. 1985, Phyllis Fisher, Los Alamos Experience, page 165:

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