Smell implies solely the sensation without suggestion of quality or character. The sense of smell, or olfaction, [nb 1] is the special sense through which smells (or odors) are perceived [2] the sense of smell has many functions, including detecting desirable foods, hazards, and pheromones, and plays a role in taste In humans, it occurs when an odor binds to a receptor within the nasal cavity, transmitting a signal through the olfactory system Smell, the detection and identification by sensory organs of airborne chemicals. Smell is one of the five senses
Dogs have a very good sense of smell I woke up to the smell of bacon and eggs. To perceive the odor or scent of through the nose by means of the olfactory nerves See examples of smell used in a sentence. The smell of something is a quality it has which you become aware of when you breathe in through your nose. These nouns denote a quality that can be perceived by the olfactory sense
The scent of pine needles. Your sense of smell relies on your nose’s recognition of tiny particles in the air called odorants Odorant particles are released from their source for many different reasons. Smell, like taste, is a chemical sense detected by sensory cells called chemoreceptors When an odorant stimulates the chemoreceptors in the nose that detect smell, they pass on electrical impulses to the brain.
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