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humiture

[hyoo-mi-cher, -choor, yoo-]

noun

  1. a measure of the discomfort most people feel because of the combined effects of atmospheric temperature and humidity; variously defined as Fahrenheit temperature plus some function of vapor pressure.

  2. (formerly) the average of the Fahrenheit temperature and the relative humidity.

humiture

  1. See heat index

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Word History and Origins

Origin of humiture1

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Example Sentences

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Where "humiture" permits no adjective, "tempidity" provides the desirably descriptive "tempid."

Now assume temperature 34�, humidity 98%, gives humiture 66.

Consider: temperature 98�, humidity 34%, gives humiture 66.

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