Scoville
Speech parts
1. Scoville - Noun
2. Scoville - Proper noun
Meaning
Scoville (plural Scovilles)
A surname from Norman.
Scoville (plural Scovilles)
(informal) Ellipsis of Scoville heat unit.
Examples
A weakness of the Scoville Organoleptic Test is its imprecision due to human subjectivity, depending on the taster's palate and their number of mouth heat receptors, which varies greatly among people.
At $29,995, Might This Rare 2009 Porsche Cayenne GTS Prove A Scoville Scorcher?
As Iceland have just started selling super spicy chicken thighs that they claim are the 'UK's hottest', reaching a scorching 575,000 on the Scoville scale – that’s twice as hot as Nando’s Extra Hot Sauce.
Refer to the Scoville scale for a comparison of pepper spray to other sources of capsaicin.
The doodle shows Scoville holding pepper with the backdrop of different kinds of peppers.
Results vary widely (up to ± 50%) between laboratories. citation Scoville ratings Considerations Since Scoville ratings are defined per unit of dry mass, comparison of ratings between products having different water content can be misleading.