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" The one thing that holds people back from working out together is that they don't want to smell around other people. Your olfactory sense is the primary sense in your memory, and you don't want to be part of anyone's memory thinking that you smell bad."
Dhani Jones

Meaning of "olfactory" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OLFACTORY

From Latin olfactus, past participle of olfacere, from olere to smell + facere to make.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF OLFACTORY

ɒlˈfæktərɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OLFACTORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Olfactory can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OLFACTORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Olfaction

Olfaction, also known as olfactics, is the sense of smell. This sense is mediated by specialized sensory cells of the nasal cavity of vertebrates, which can be considered analogous to sensory cells of the antennae of invertebrates. In humans, olfaction occurs when odorant molecules bind to specific sites on the olfactory receptors. These receptors are used to detect the presence of smell. They come together at the glomerulus, a structure which transmits signals to the olfactory bulb. Many vertebrates, including most mammals and reptiles, have two distinct olfactory systems—the main olfactory system, and the accessory olfactory system. For air-breathing animals, the main olfactory system detects volatile chemicals, and the accessory olfactory system detects fluid-phase chemicals. Olfaction, along with taste, is a form of chemoreception. The chemicals themselves that activate the olfactory system, in general at very low concentrations, are called odorants. Although taste and smell are separate sensory systems in land animals, water-dwelling organisms often have one chemical sense.

Definition of olfactory in the English dictionary

The definition of olfactory in the dictionary is of or relating to the sense of smell. Other definition of olfactory is an organ or nerve concerned with the sense of smell.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OLFACTORY

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OLFACTORY

oleum · olfact · olfactible · olfaction · olfactive · olfactologist · olfactology · olfactometer · olfactometry · olfactories · olfactory bulb · olfactory nerve · olfactory tract · olfactronics · OLG · olibanum · olicook · olid · oligaemia · oligaemic

WORDS THAT END LIKE OLFACTORY

bomb factory · canning factory · dairy factory · data directory · engineering factory · ex-directory · fish factory · glass factory · history · moral victory · ordnance factory · perfunctory · Pyrrhic victory · refectory · silk factory · street directory · sugar factory · telephone directory · the Directory · valedictory · web directory

Synonyms and antonyms of olfactory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «olfactory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OLFACTORY

Find out the translation of olfactory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

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

Translator English - Chinese

嗅觉
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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olfativa
570 millions of speakers
en

English

olfactory
510 millions of speakers
hi

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घ्राण
380 millions of speakers
ar

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حاسة الشم
280 millions of speakers
ru

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обонятельная
278 millions of speakers
pt

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olfativa
270 millions of speakers
bn

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ঘ্রাণজ
260 millions of speakers
fr

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olfactif
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Penciuman
190 millions of speakers
de

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Geruchs-
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

嗅覚の
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

후각
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Olfactory
85 millions of speakers
vi

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khứu giác
80 millions of speakers
ta

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நுகர்வு
75 millions of speakers
mr

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घाणेंद्रियाचा
75 millions of speakers
tr

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koklama
70 millions of speakers
it

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olfattivo
65 millions of speakers
pl

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węchowy
50 millions of speakers
uk

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нюхова
40 millions of speakers
ro

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olfactiv
30 millions of speakers
el

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οσφρητική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

olfaktoriese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

olfaktoriska
10 millions of speakers
no

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olfactory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of olfactory

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OLFACTORY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of olfactory
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about olfactory

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3 QUOTES WITH «OLFACTORY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word olfactory.
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Hamish Bowles
My childhood memories seem to be wreathed in the twin and far from harmonious olfactory sensations of patchouli oil and caustic soda.
2
Dhani Jones
The one thing that holds people back from working out together is that they don't want to smell around other people. Your olfactory sense is the primary sense in your memory, and you don't want to be part of anyone's memory thinking that you smell bad.
3
Lyall Watson
Smell was our first sense. It is even possible that being able to smell was the stimulus that took a primitive fish and turned a small lump of olfactory tissue on its nerve cord into a brain. We think because we smelled.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OLFACTORY»

Discover the use of olfactory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to olfactory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Olfactory Cognition: From Perception and Memory to ...
This book was conceived as a tribute to one of the founders of the psychological study of the sense of smell, Professor Trygg Engen. The book is divided into four sections.
Gesualdo Zucco, Rachel Herz, Benoist Schaal, 2012
2
Scenting Salvation: Ancient Christianity and the Olfactory ...
This book explores the role of bodily, sensory experience in early Christianity (first seventh centuries AD) by focusing on the importance of smell in ancient Mediterranean culture.
Susan Ashbrook Harvey, 2006
3
Learning to Smell: Olfactory Perception from Neurobiology to ...
Written by a neurobiologist and a psychologist, this volume presents a new theory of olfactory perception.
Donald A. Wilson, Richard J. Stevenson, 2010
4
Standardized Human Olfactory Thresholds
This book provides a homogeneous inventory of weighted and averaged human olfactory thresholds for hundreds of chemicals.
M. Devos, 1990
5
The Smell of Books: A Cultural-historical Study of Olfactory ...
Demonstrates that sense of smell plays a significant role in the history of European literature The Smell of Books investigates the ways in which the olfactory sense has manifested itself in Italian, German, French, Russian, and English ...
Hans J. Rindisbacher, 1992
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HCI Beyond the GUI: Design for Haptic, Speech, Olfactory, ...
HCI Beyond the GUI provides designers with this know how by exploring new ways to reach users that involve all of the human senses.
Philip Kortum, 2008
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Localization in Clinical Neurology
Although the olfactory system is not of major importance in neurologic diagnosis, certain clinical information, useful in neuroanatomic localization, may be attained by investigating the sense of smell. This investigation requires a basic ...
Paul W. Brazis, Joseph C. Masdeu, José Biller, 2012
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The Behavioural Biology of Dogs
The olfactory sensory cells lie in the brain in the olfactory bulb. These have two axons (nerve fibres), and are therefore called 'bipolar sensory cells'. One axon goes to the mucous membrane of the nose and sprouts there. These sprouts have ...
Per Jensen, 2007
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Wolves: Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation: Behavior, ...
Signal Reception Clearly, wolves have a wide variety of sources of olfactory information at their disposal, and these sources may provide them not only with current information about their packmates and competitors, but also with a historical ...
L. David Mech, Luigi Boitani, 2010
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Sensation and Perception
We will see, however, that despite these difficulties, recent research has succeeded in demonstrating some links between (1) structural components of molecules, (2) olfactory quality, and (3) patterns of activation in the olfactory system.
E. Goldstein, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OLFACTORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term olfactory is used in the context of the following news items.
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Brain-Eating Amoebas May Kill You With Help from Your Own …
When it finds itself in a swimmer's nose, this freshwater amoeba wiggles its way up the olfactory nerve to the brain. There, it starts destroying ... «Smithsonian, Jul 15»
2
Can dogs sniff cancer? Science is putting it to the test
“We believe we can apply the dog's superior olfactory system to screening protocols and introduce this tool into clinical practice,” says Fabio ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
3
7 Ways Donald Trump and 50 Cent Are the Same Person
Like Trump, he dipped into the beverage business, releasing an enhanced drink called Formula 50 with Vitamin Water. On the olfactory front, ... «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»
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Photos of felines 'high' on catnip sweeping social media
Its psychoactive quality comes from a compound known as nepetalactone, which binds to the olfactory receptors in a cat's nose. This compound ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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So Long, Sniff Test: New Tech Tells You When the Milk's Gone Bad
... time to transfer milk from one container to another?) A cap makes more sense — and should save us from any olfactory errors. -- Matt Berical ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Bespoke scents give off the sweet smell of luxury
"The customer has become trained to explore too much, leading to olfactory fatigue," a matchmaker tells me. "Things used to be far more ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
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Indiaries, Part Three: The Spices Of Indian Life
There is always something burning somewhere within olfactory distance. Smoke being smoke you would think this is something like a nice ... «Huffington Post India, Jul 15»
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Chai pe charcha
The olfactory senses also come into play — smelling the dry leaf gives the tea taster some indication of what to expect from the liquors of a ... «mydigitalfc.com, Jul 15»
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Hillary Clinton's other side - inherited from a combative father
The unexpected gift brought about an olfactory, and impromptu, memory. "My late father was a huge believer in garlic," and not the odourless ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
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Researchers Sequence Kiwi Genome
“We have seen for the first time that kiwi lack color vision, and that their olfactory receptors can probably detect a larger range of odors which ... «Sci-News.com, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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