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osmoscopes

osmoscopes is the plural of osmoscope.

Meaning of osmoscope

Noun

osmoscope (plural osmoscopes)

  1. An instrument for detecting and for measuring odors.
    • Odorless air enters osmoscope through side tube where it is mixed with odorous test air which enters from end tube.1949, Carey Pratt McCord, William N. Witheridge, Odors, Physiology and Control, page 47
  2. An instrument for measuring osmosis.
    • The osmoscopes developed in the authors' laboratory are comparable in their basic concept with the grease-spot photometer employed by Bunsen to measure the intensity of a light source.1935, Sewage Works Journal, volume 7, page 198

Questions about osmoscopes

What is osmoscopes the plural of?
Osmoscopes is the plural of osmoscope.

Words near osmoscopes in the dictionary

  1. osmoresponse
  2. osmoresponses
  3. osmoresponsive
  4. osmoresponsiveness
  5. osmoscope
  6. osmoscopes
  7. osmose
  8. osmosed
  9. osmosensation
  10. osmosensing
  11. osmosensitive

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