Meanings
- alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of smell-o-vision.
SMELLEVISION REPLACES TELEVISION! Carl Stalling sez, "It will never work!"
1944 October 28, Michael Sasanoff; Bob Clampett, director, “The Old Grey Hare”, in Merrie Melodies, Burbank, Calif.: Warner Bros. Pictures; Vitaphone Corporation, →OCLC1 more example
Other techno-mancers forecast fax in the home, "smellevision" (television sets equipped to emit appropriate odors for each scene), and luminescent paints that store sunlight during the day and glow at night. These new products would surely brighten the future.
1991, Michael Brian Schiffer, “A Portable Depression”, in The Portable Radio in American Life, Tucson, Ariz.; London: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 116
Origin
A variant of smell-o-vision, possibly also a blend of smell + television.
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