See Also: supercooled(dictionary)

olfactory (iou) and supercooled (iou)


olfactory (iou)



olfactory adjective & noun. M17.
[from Latin olfactor- (in olfactoria nosegay), from olfactare frequentative of olfacere to smell, from olere to smell + facere make: see -ORY2. Cf. OLFACT.]
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to the sense of smell or the action of smelling. M17.
olfactory nerve either of the first pair of cranial nerves, which supply the smell receptors in the mucous membrane of the nose.
b. noun. An organ of smell. E19.
olfactorily adverb in the sense of smell L19.

supercooled (iou)



supercooled ppl adjective. L19.
[from SUPER- 3 + cooled pa. pple of COOL verb.]
Liquid though below the freezing point. Also, apparently solid, but formed from a liquid without a definite change of phase and having (on the atomic scale) the disorder characteristic of a liquid.
J. C. Rich Glass is..a supercooled liquid, because the material has no definite melting point.