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OLFACTORY MODALITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does olfactory modality mean?
• OLFACTORY MODALITY (noun)
The noun OLFACTORY MODALITY has 1 sense:
1. the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
Familiarity information: OLFACTORY MODALITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
olfaction; olfactory modality; sense of smell; smell
Hypernyms ("olfactory modality" is a kind of...):
modality; sense modality; sensory system (a particular sense)
exteroception (sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "olfactory modality"):
nose (the sense of smell (especially in animals))
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