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Meaning of e-nose | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

An electronic device able to detect specific combinations of chemicals in gaseous form.

Examples

“2005, E-nose to 'sniff out' superbugs, BBC Online, 22 September. The e-nose created by surgeon David Morgan and engineer Ritaban Dutta and colleagues can sit on a doctor's desk and analyse gasses given off by swabs from patients for signs of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other strains of Staph aureus.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

e-notification e-novel e-novella e-pal e-paper e-passport