Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
A system that choreographed the release of odors into a movie theater during the projection of a film.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Alternative letter-case form of Smell-O-Vision.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, rare
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noun
A (supposed) technology consisting of cinematography with the addition of olfaction, often portrayed as far-fetched or futuristic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, uncountable
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
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Synonyms: smellies
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Alternative letter-case form of smell-o-vision.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, rare, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From smell + -o- (interfix used for ease of pronunciation) + vision, recoined in 1959 by Mike Todd Jr. (1929–2002), the American producer of the film Scent of Mystery (1960) which used the Smell-O-Vision system invented by the Swiss scientist Hans Laube (1900–1976), possibly modelled after terms used in the motion picture industry such as Panavision (a company manufacturing cameras and lenses) and VistaVision (an early widescreen motion picture film format): see the November 1959 quotation.
From smell + -o- (interfix used for ease of pronunciation) + vision, probably popularized by Smell-O-Vision (proper noun) which was recoined in 1959 by Mike Todd Jr. (1929–2002), the American producer of the film Scent of Mystery (1960), as the name of the system invented by the Swiss scientist Hans Laube (1900–1976) used for the film. The term was possibly modelled after terms used in the motion picture industry such as Panavision (a company manufacturing cameras and lenses) and VistaVision (an early widescreen motion picture film format). The variant spelling smellevision is possibly a blend of smell + television.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
