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Scoville scale
[ skoh-vil skeyl ]
noun
- a scale of spicy taste for a chile pepper when assigned a numerical measure in Scoville units or Scoville heat units, originally derived from a subjective method of measurement, the Scoville test, but now determined by a chemical measure of capsaicin levels.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Scoville scale1
First recorded in 1980–85; named after Wilbur L. Scoville (1865–1942), American pharmacist who created the “Scoville Organoleptic Test,” now standardized as the Scoville scale
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