Meanings
plural odorometers
- A device used to measure the intensity of a smell
The types of detectors of importance are the odorometer, titrators, and the odotron.
1985, United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Special Programs Administration, Guidance manual for operators of small gas systems, page 1922 more examples
Most of the odorometers now in use have been designed so that measured quantities of odorized gas are mixed with air furnished by an electrically driven blower.
1954, Proceedings - American Gas Association, volume 36, page 717On the quiet side, sanitation engineers like Gordon Fair tremendously improved both the testing and treatment of wastewater, bringing in chlorination, increasing aeration, and even introducing odorometers (not to be confused with odometers).
1992, Tony Stankus, Making Sense of Journals in the Life Sciences, page 201
Origin
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