Olfaction

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  • noun. The sense of smell.
  • noun. The act or process of smelling.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The sense of smell or faculty of smelling; an olfactory act or process; smell; scent.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the sense of smell; the detection of airborne molecules
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  • noun. the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
  • Word Usage
    "Research on smell - what scientists call olfaction - is discussed in the December issue of the Reader's Digest magazine in an article by Paula Dranov."
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    nose  
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