stinkometer

noun

stinkometer

noun

Etymology From stink + -o- + -meter.

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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