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AROMATIC ODOUR [1 record]

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Record 1 1988-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
OBS

Since "aromatic" means "having a distinctive pleasing odor", the term "aromatic odour" appears questionable to us. It is not the odour that is "aromatic", but the product possessing the pleasing odour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
  • Études et analyses environnementales
OBS

(agréable et pénétrante); Cahier Enviroguide Cyclohexane, chap. 1.

OBS

"aromatique" : De la nature des aromates; qui exhale une odeur agréable, suave : [Ex. : ] Plante, huile aromatique.

OBS

On voit par la définition qui précède que l'expression "odeur aromatique" est douteuse : on ne peut dire, en effet, d'une odeur, qu'elle exhale une odeur (...). Il voudrait mieux parler d'un produit aromatique ou d'une odeur agréable, le premier produisant la seconde.

Spanish

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