odorant
noun
odor·ant
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Definition of odorant
Examples of odorant in a Sentence
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The agency installed a network of chemical detectors at the Speedway—precise sensors linked to high-accuracy wind gauges revealed how chemical odorants travel in plumes through the air. — Dan Dubno, Popular Mechanics, "How We'll Stop Chemical Attacks," 28 Apr. 2019 The agency installed a network of chemical detectors at the Speedway—precise sensors linked to high-accuracy wind gauges revealed how chemical odorants travel in plumes through the air. — Dan Dubno, Popular Mechanics, "How We'll Stop Chemical Attacks," 28 Apr. 2019 Everything that has an odor releases specific chemicals, called odorants, into the air. — Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, "Play a Memory Game with Your Nose!," 7 June 2018 For example, Laska notes, the total number of odorants for which dogs have an established, lowest detectable threshold level is 15. — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian, "In Some Ways, Your Sense of Smell Is Actually Better Than a Dog’s," 22 May 2017 Scientists have long known that animals recognize their relatives by their unique odorants, or familial smells. — Peter Rowe, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Gee, you smell great! Can new odors rewire the brain and expand social networks?," 31 Aug. 2017 On the other hand, nine of those 10 odorants for which dogs are clearly more sensitive than humans are carbolic acids. — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian, "In Some Ways, Your Sense of Smell Is Actually Better Than a Dog’s," 22 May 2017 Researchers have managed to teach bees to differentiate between two odorants. — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "Quantum mechanics can’t smell my unwashed armpits… probably," 5 July 2017 The catch being that the odorants were chemically identical, and the only difference was that the hydrogen was replaced with deuterium (deuterium is hydrogen with an extra neutron). — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "Quantum mechanics can’t smell my unwashed armpits… probably," 5 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'odorant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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