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Meaning of "microsmatic" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MICROSMATIC

From micro- + Greek osmē smell.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MICROSMATIC

microsmatic  [ˌmaɪkrɒzˈmætɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MICROSMATIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Microsmatic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MICROSMATIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of microsmatic in the English dictionary

The definition of microsmatic in the dictionary is having a poor sense of smell.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MICROSMATIC


aneurismatic
ˌænjərɪzˈmætɪk
aneurysmatic
ˌænjərɪzˈmætɪk
charismatic
ˌkærɪzˈmætɪk
chiasmatic
ˌkaɪæzˈmætɪk
idioplasmatic
ˌɪdɪəʊplæzˈmætɪk
idioplasmic
ˌɪdɪəʊplæzˈmætɪk
ismatic
ɪzˈmætɪk
melismatic
ˌmelɪzˈmætɪk
miasmatic
ˌmiːəzˈmætɪk
noncharismatic
ˌnɒnˌkærɪzˈmætɪk
nucleoplasmatic
ˌnjuːklɪəʊplæzˈmætɪk
numismatic
ˌnjuːmɪzˈmætɪk
osmatic
ɒzˈmætɪk
plasmatic
plæzˈmætɪk
porismatic
ˌpɔːrɪzˈmætɪk
prismatic
prɪzˈmætɪk
protoplasmatic
ˌprəʊtəʊplæzˈmætɪk
schismatic
skɪzˈmætɪk
spasmatic
spæzˈmætɪk
uncharismatic
ˌʌnˌkærɪzˈmætɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MICROSMATIC

microscopy
microsecond
microseism
microseismic
microseismical
microseismicity
microsite
microskirt
microsleep
microsomal
microsome
microspecies
microsphere
microspherical
microsporangia
microsporangium
microspore
microsporic
microsporocyte

WORDS THAT END LIKE MICROSMATIC

aromatic
automatic
chromatic
cinematic
climatic
diplomatic
dramatic
enigmatic
enzymatic
monochromatic
pneumatic
pragmatic
problematic
schematic
simatic
somatic
static
symptomatic
systematic
thematic
traumatic

Synonyms and antonyms of microsmatic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «microsmatic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MICROSMATIC

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The translations of microsmatic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «microsmatic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

microsmatic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

microsmatic
570 millions of speakers

English

microsmatic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

microsmatic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

microsmatic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

microsmatic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

microsmatic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

microsmatic
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mikrosmatic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

microsmatic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

microsmatic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

microsmatic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Microsmatic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

microsmatic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

microsmatic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मायक्रोस्मैटिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

microsmatic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

microsmatic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

microsmatic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

microsmatic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

microsmatic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

microsmatic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

microsmatic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

microsmatic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

microsmatic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of microsmatic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROSMATIC»

The term «microsmatic» is barely ever used and occupies the 205.777 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROSMATIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «microsmatic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «microsmatic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about microsmatic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MICROSMATIC»

Discover the use of microsmatic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to microsmatic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pheromones
I. The. Microsmatic. Fallacy. Body odors carry information of great importance for individuals across a wide variety of species. That humans may be among these species has been, for a long time, dismissed outright. We now know, however, ...
‎2010
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Dictionary of Flavors
Dolf De Rovira. Microsmatic — Milk 417 1. Obligate Aerobes — Those microorganisms that require molecular oxygen for growth. 2. Obligate Anaerobes — Those organisms that are unable to develop in the presence of molecular oxygen. 3.
Dolf De Rovira, 2008
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Functional Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals
A relatively lesser—developed sense of smell is known as microsmatic; humans, monkeys, and some aquatic mammals belong to this group. Animals with no sense of smell (e.g., many aquatic mammals) are anosmatic. Macrosmatic animals ...
William O. Reece, 2013
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Illustrated Veterinary Anatomical Nomenclature
Lateral olfactory tract. A 12 Tractus olfactorius medialis. Medial olfactory tract. A 13 Trigonum olfactorium. Olfactory trigone, term applies to microsmatic mammals. 14 Sulcus limitans trigoni olfactorii. Term applies to microsmatic mammals.
Oskar Schaller, Gheorghe M. Constantinescu, 2007
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What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life
As recently as 2000, some French researchers asserted "The sense of smell in primates is greatly reduced (microsmatic) with respect to other mammals such as dogs or rodents." Scientists are taking a fresh look at the conventional wisdom ...
Avery Gilbert, 2008
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The Biology of the Deep Ocean
157 are known as microsmatic. In many bathypelagic fishes the males are macrosmatic whereas the females are microsmatic. Indeed it has been estimated that over 80% of the fish fauna living deeper than 1 km have sexually dimorphic ...
Peter Herring, 2001
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21st Century Psychology: A Reference Handbook
Microsmatic animals (sense of smell is of lesser importance; e.g., humans and primates) versus macrosmatic animals (sense of smell is very important; e.g., rodents and dogs) 2. The main olfactory system (on which this chapter is mainly ...
Stephen F. Davis, William Buskist, 2007
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Primate Communication
That being so, one might question the appropriateness of describing primates as being microsmatic. What neuroanatomists usually mean by the term "microsmatic " is that a relatively small area of the brain is given over to the olfactory sense ...
Charles T. Snowdon, Charles H. Brown, Michael R. Petersen, 1982
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Canine Ergonomics: The Science of Working Dogs
Many recent studies have shown that so-called microsmatic animals can detect some odors much better than so-called macrosmatic animals (Hubener and Laska, 1998; Laska and Hudson, 1993a and b; Laska and Freyer, 1997; Laska, Seibt, ...
William S. Helton, 2009
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Journal of Ichthyology
Cytoarchitcctonics and morphometrics of the olfactory analyzer of macrosmatic and microsmatic fishes. Vopr. ikhtiologii, 28 (5), 837-845. Devitsina, G.V., and G.A. Malyukina. 1977. On the functional organization of olfaction in macrosmatic and ...
‎1995

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MICROSMATIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term microsmatic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Smells Like A Boy: Lemurs May Use Scent of Mother to Determine …
Primate olfaction is thought to be so miserable that scientists diminutively refer to our noses as “microsmatic” as opposed to the “macrosmatic” ... «Discover Magazine, Feb 15»

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