smell-o-vision

See also: Smell-O-Vision

English

Alternative forms

• smellovision
• Smell-o-Vision
• Smell-O-Vision

Etymology

Generic of Smell-O-Vision.

Noun

smell-o-vision (uncountable)

1. Cinematography with the addition of olfaction, often portrayed as futuristic or far-fetched.
   • 1972, Ronald Royce Allen, S. Clay Willmington, Speech Communication in the Secondary School, Allyn and Bacon, page 71:

     Beginning as a silent wonder, the medium has been dramatically changed by the addition of sound, color, the wide screen, attempts at 3-D, and even smell-o-vision.

   • 1995, Michael Joyce, Of Two Minds: Hypertext Pedagogy and Poetics, University of Michigan Press, page 97:

     some scientists work on synchronous smell-o-vision with real-time simulated fragrance degradation shifting from fresh ink to old mold

   • 1996, Marion Dane Bauer, Our Stories: A Fiction Workshop for Young Authors, Clarion Books, page 148:

     “Wait! Don't you want to see the V.R. machine? Or the smell-o-vision? Or...”

   • 2000, Corey Sandler, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios Florida, Sea World and Other Major Central Florida Attractions, Contemporary Books Inc, page 191:

     3-D special effects, as well as flashing lights, a bubblemaker, smell-o-vision, and a surprise from the skies

   • 2001 February, Charles Busch, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife and Other Plays, Grove Press, page 87:

     Meeting you yesterday gave me the inspiration for a new picture. A big picture, cinemascope, 3-D, smell-o-vision.

   • 2001 February, Matt Groening, “That's Lobstertainment”, in Futurama, season 3, episode 40:

   • 2001 July, John Emery Arnold, Tryin Hard to Mellow Out, page 124, Xlibris Corporation

     I wonder what to expect with smell-o-vision.

   • 2003, William Fraser, Golfing in Cuba, Xlibris Corporation, page 72:

     The odor of cold sweat in a coward's armpit would be the olfactory theme were this a smell-o-vision movie.

   • 2005 August, Morten T. Hojsgaard, Religion and Cyberspace, UK: Routledge, page 43:

     I don’t think we’re ready for networked smell-o-vision