Definition of "octanol" [octanol]

• Any of many isomers of the saturated aliphatic alcohol having eight carbon atoms, but especially the simple primary alcohol n-octanol; its esters are used in perfumery (noun)

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• "Assessment of the chemical fate requires knowledge of many factors including: organic carbon and water partitioning at equilibrium (Koc) chemical partitioning between soil and water (Kd) partitioning between air and water (Henry's Law Constant) solubility constants vapor pressures partitioning between water and octanol (Kow) bioconcentration factors"
• "And occasionally you need to change the octanol strip as well as the sticky stuff."
• "Draws them in with the sound, and then it also draws them in with a scent -- something they call octanol."