smell-o-vision
nounEtymology
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.
Definitions
A (supposed) technology consisting of cinematography with the addition of olfaction,…
A (supposed) technology consisting of cinematography with the addition of olfaction, often portrayed as far-fetched or futuristic.
- SMELLEVISION REPLACES TELEVISION! Carl Stalling sez, "It will never work!"
- New model cars come out each year; the split-T and the soccer kick are new football offensive weapons. Black-and-white, then color TV and pretty soon smell-o-vision—that's progress.
A system that choreographed the release of odors into a movie theater during the…
A system that choreographed the release of odors into a movie theater during the projection of a film.
Alternative letter-case form of Smell-O-Vision.
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No curated loop yet for smell-o-vision. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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