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stinkometer

stinkometer noun: a device that measures bad smell.

Noun

stinkometer (plural stinkometers)

  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

Forms of stinkometer

pluralstinkometers

Origin of stinkometer

From stink + -o- + -meter.

Questions about stinkometer

What does stinkometer mean?
Stinkometer means a device that measures bad smell.
What part of speech is stinkometer?
Stinkometer is a noun.
What is the plural of stinkometer?
The plural of stinkometer is stinkometers.

Words near stinkometer in the dictionary

  1. stinkingness
  2. stinkings
  3. stinkless
  4. stinko
  5. Stinkomalee
  6. stinkometer
  7. stinkometers
  8. stinkpot
  9. stinkpots
  10. stinks
  11. stinks a buzzard off a gut wagon

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