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olfaction

[ ol-fak-shuhn, ohl- ]

noun

  1. the act of smelling.
  2. the sense of smell.


olfaction

/ ɒlˈfækʃən /

noun

  1. the sense of smell
  2. the act or function of smelling


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Word History and Origins

Origin of olfaction1

1840–50; < Latin olfact ( us ) past participle of olfacere to smell ( olfactory ) + -ion

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Example Sentences

They’re able to make finer distinctions in terms of their olfaction.

Converts say developing our olfaction can make us think differently and even speak and write more vividly.

From Quartz

The working theory I had was that the receptors for pheromones were closely related to those for olfaction.

In contrast with color vision and sound, the stimulus in olfaction is multidimensional, not low-dimensional.

Details about the synthetic smell may help answer “fundamental questions in olfaction,” says computational biologist Saket Navlakha of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York, who wasn’t involved in the study.

As the sole factor in sexual selection olfaction must be rare.

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