odorant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of odorant
Example Sentences
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Using techniques such as gas chromatography-olfactometry and aroma extract dilution analysis, the team identified the odorant 5-vinylguaiacol as the source of the off-flavor in an orange juice with a pronounced clove odor.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024
The NTSB’s preliminary investigation also found that workers in both buildings had smelled rotting eggs, an odorant added to normally odorless natural gas, before the explosion.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 7, 2023
When it comes to Covid, for instance, some researchers initially suspected that the virus was killing the cells that transmit the odorant signal to the brain.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2023
Differences in the concentrations of an odorant sensed by each tine of a snake’s forked tongue help the snake home in on quarry it can’t see.
From Science Magazine ● May 24, 2023
It is not known how the olfactory cells are fired by an odorant.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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