Definition of odor Odor
/owˈdɚ/ - [owder] - o•dor
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British English
odour - /ˈəʊdɐ/
American English
odor - /owˈdɚ/
What does odor mean?
WordNet
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| odor - any property detected by the olfactory system | ||
| olfactory property, smell, aroma, odour, scent | ||
| property any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props" | ||
| fragrancy, redolence, bouquet, fragrance, sweetness an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present | ||
| fetidness, malodorousness, stinkiness, rankness, foulness the attribute of having a strong offensive smell | ||
| muskiness having the olfactory properties of musk | ||
| odor - the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses" | ||
| smell, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception | ||
| aesthesis, esthesis, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression, sensation an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a sensation of touch" | ||
| scent an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced | ||
| aroma, fragrance, perfume, scent a distinctive odor that is pleasant | ||
| fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, reek, stench, stink, mephitis a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- odor (n.)
Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.
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Also known as, "a smell", an odor or odour is a volatilized chemical compound, generally at a very low concentration, which humans and other animals perceive by the sense of olfaction.
Odors are also called smells, which can refer to both pleasant and unpleasant odors. The terms fragrance, scent, or aroma are used primarily by the food and cosmetic industry to describe a pleasant odor, and is sometimes used to refer to perfumes. In contrast, stench, reek, and stink are used specifically to describe unpleasant odors.
Basics.
Odor is a sensation caused by molecules dissolved in air.
The widest range of odors consist of organic compounds although some inorganic substances, such as hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, are also odorants.
The perception of an odor effect is a two step process.
First, there is the physiological part; the sense of the stimulus by receptors in the nose.
After that the psychological part follows. The stimuli are processed by the region of the human brain which is responsible for smelling.
Because of this an objective and analytical measure of odor is impossible.
While odor feelings are very personal perceptions, individual reactions are related to gender, age, state of health and private affectations. Common odors that people are used to, such as their own body odor, are less noticeable to individuals than external or uncommon odors.
For most people, the process of smelling gives little information concerning the ingredients of a substance. It only offers inf
Part of speech
🔤- odor, noun, singular of odors.
