Meaning of osmoscope | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An instrument for detecting and for measuring odors.
2. An instrument for measuring osmosis.

Examples

“Odorless air enters osmoscope through side tube where it is mixed with odorous test air which enters from end tube.”

“Test for odor, using a normal inhalation. If an osmoscope is used, insert the tube of the osmoscope to a point just above the surface of the water and test for odor as above.”

“The osmoscope may be used by increasing the dilution of air until the odor vanishes, or decreasing the dilution until the odor is first detectable.”

“The osmoscopes developed in the authors' laboratory are comparable in their basic concept with the grease-spot photometer employed by Bunsen to measure the intensity of a light source.”

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