Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ORGANOLEPTIC
Or `ga *no *lep "tic, a. Etym: [F. organoleptique, fr. Gr. (Physiol.)
Defn: Making an impression upon an organ; plastic; -- said of the effect or impression produced by any substance on the organs of touch, taste, or smell, and also on the organism as a whole.
New American Oxford Dictionary
organoleptic
or ga no lep tic |ˌôrgənōˈleptik ˌɔrɡənoʊˈlɛptɪk | ▶adjective acting on or involving the use of the sense organs. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French organoleptique, from Greek organon ‘organ ’ + lēptikos ‘disposed to take ’ (from lambanein ‘take ’).
Oxford Dictionary
organoleptic
organoleptic |ˌɔːg (ə )nə (ʊ )ˈlɛptɪk | ▶adjective acting on, or involving the use of, the sense organs. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French organoleptique, from Greek organon ‘organ ’ + lēptikos ‘disposed to take ’ (from lambanein ‘take ’).
Spanish Dictionary
organoléptico, -ca
organoléptico, -ca adjetivo 1 Que produce una impresión sensorial .2 [propiedad de un cuerpo ] Que se percibe con los sentidos (untuosidad, aspereza, sabor, brillo, etc. ), a diferencia de las propiedades químicas, microscópicas, etc .ETIMOLOGÍA Compuesto del griego órganon ‘órgano ’ y leptikós ‘receptivo ’, derivado de lambánein ‘coger ’. De la raíz indoeuropea de lema (V.).
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