SIGNALS

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Information made of molecules

Is a smell a signal?

Molecules on the air

Tap send. Molecules have to travel on the air. A bound molecule is not yet a smell.

  1. Source

    Flower, food, smoke

  2. Medium

    Air

  3. Signal

    Molecules

  4. Detector

    Receptor in the nose

  5. Measurement

    Which receptors fire

  6. Meaning

    Something nearby has a chemistry