stinkometer
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]stinkometer (plural stinkometers)
- A device that measures bad smell.
- [1975, Methods in olfactory research, page 46:
- Simpler olfactometric devices have been given a variety of names: osmoscopes, osmometers, scentometers (Barnebey-Cheney, 1963), stinkometers, etc.]
- 1985, Phyllis Fisher, Los Alamos Experience, page 165:
- 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.