Organoleptic test

Japanese: organoleptic test(英語表記)organoleptictest
Organoleptic test

...The term sensory testing originates from the official name given to sake tasting in the Meiji period, but its significance is now widely recognized in industrial societies. In Western countries, sensory testing has long been carried out in the traditional food industries, such as wine, cheese, and coffee, and was called organoleptic testing, but the term sensory evaluation is now more commonly used. Although sensory testing is a psychological test, it incorporates the results of statistics and quantitative psychology, and strives to be as objective as physicochemical measurements, which distinguishes it from simple subjective judgment. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "organoleptic test" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…官能検査という言葉は,明治時代から清酒の“きき酒”のことを公式的にこのように呼んでいたことに由来しているが,現在では広く工業社会にその意義が認められている。欧米諸国においてもワイン,チーズ,コーヒーなどの伝統的な食品産業において古くから行われ,organoleptic testと呼ばれていたが,現在ではsensory evaluationという用語の方が多く用いられている。官能検査は心理的な検査であるが,推計学や計量心理学の成果を取り入れ,理化学的な計測と同じように客観性を持たせようと努力するところに単なる主観的判断と区別される特徴がある。…

※「organoleptic test」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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