olfactometry

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  1. In psychophysics, the study of the quantitative relations of olfactory sensation. Olfactometry is that branch of psychophysics which is concerned with the measurement of the keenness of smell. Amer. Jour. Psychol., X. 85.
  2. In experimental psychology, the general term for investigations of the sense of smell, qualitative or quantitative, made with the help of the olfactometer.

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