Register Log In UBB.threads Forums General Topics Q&A about words Olfastics? Search Advanced Forum Search Forums Calendar Active Threads

Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Olfastics? #15257 01/10/2001 10:38 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 544 San Francisco, CA Hyla addict Hyla addict Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 544 San Francisco, CA A friend and I were discussing the fact that, when cooking in my house, the smells are most detectable at the top of the stairs going up to the second floor (in US parlance - believe it's called the first floor in UK?), rather than right next to the stove or elsewhere in the kitchen. If this were a question of sounds being most detectable in a certain spot, we would talk about the acoustics of the space. What does one call it when it relates to smell? Didn't find anything in my dictionary at my desk, but did learn that there is such a thing (or at least such a word, and presumably the thing to go with it) as an olfactometer. Hyla Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Olfastics? #15258 01/10/2001 11:05 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 >believe it's called the first floor in UK? I don't know the answer but it is so good when people try to be bilingual. Keep it up y'all but. (PS "But" was in especially for the antipodeans, they should be awake at the moment!) Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Olfastics? #15259 01/10/2001 11:07 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass The branch of science concerned with odours and the sense of smell is osmics (as acoustics). -joe (but what is the science of searching called? :) f. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Olfastics? #15260 01/10/2001 11:44 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 544 San Francisco, CA Hyla addict Hyla addict Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 544 San Francisco, CA The branch of science concerned with odours and the sense of smell is osmics Couldn't this also be the study of Australia? Perhaps the Irish in Australia? Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Olfastics? #15261 01/11/2001 12:01 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 347 Melbourne, Australia Marty enthusiast Marty enthusiast Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 347 Melbourne, Australia >-joe (but what is the science of searching called? :) f. I think it's more of an art than a science, tsuwm, perhaps even a black art. As our artist-in-residence you've certainly made an artform of it. It's a skill in which I am sorely lacking, apparently. I was looking for something in the refrigerator recently, but gave up in frustration. (A fruitless search for an apple, as I recall.) My wife, who took two milliseconds to find it right in the front, said: "You look like a man". Fortunately for me, she doesn't. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Olfastics? #15262 01/11/2001 12:41 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England (PS "But" was in especially for the antipodeans, they should be awake at the moment!) Antipodeans, schmepodians. It's the middle of the bloody day here! The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Olfastics? #15263 01/11/2001 9:09 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London -joe (but what is the science of searching called? :) f. zetetics Oh I love Greek, you can do anything with it. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Olfastics? #15264 01/11/2001 12:01 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 >It's the middle of the bloody day here! So you were awake but! Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Olfastics? #15265 01/11/2001 2:27 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >zetetics yup... (Math.) A branch of algebra which relates to the direct search for unknown quantities. [marked Rare in 1913] {not to be confused with 'zetetic', a skeptic or seeker} Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Olfastics? #15266 01/11/2001 6:07 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 163 Malaga, Spain. juanmaria member juanmaria member Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 163 Malaga, Spain. Hyla wrote: A friend and I were discussing the fact that, when cooking in my house, the smells are most detectable at the top of the stairs going up to the second floor This phenomenon can be explained by fluid mechanics, or aerodynamics. Scents are nothing but molecules that travel with the air as it flows. Anyway, when cooking cauliflower we may speak of tactics. Juan Maria. Copy Link to Clipboard Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

Default Style BlackNTan Drab eBay GooG v2 infopop new dark new light original dark original stock rounded corners Slate snow sunny dropshadow theblues Touch Of Grey UBB.threads UBB.threads - Dark UBB.threads - Light UBBCentral UBBCentral - Crimson UBBCentral - Lime UBBCentral - Marshmallow UBBCentral - Mocha UBBCentral - Zen UBBT77 UBBT77 - Dark ubbthreads ubbthreads-dark Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · UBB.threads