humiture
Americannoun
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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.
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(formerly) the average of the Fahrenheit temperature and the relative humidity.
Etymology
Origin of humiture
Example Sentences
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Where "humiture" permits no adjective, "tempidity" provides the desirably descriptive "tempid."
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Consider: temperature 98�, humidity 34%, gives humiture 66.
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Now assume temperature 34�, humidity 98%, gives humiture 66.
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