apparent temperature

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noun

heat index.

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Words nearby apparent temperature

apparent horizon, apparently, apparent magnitude, apparent movement, apparent solar day, apparent temperature, apparent time, apparent wind, apparition, apparitor, appassionato

How to use apparent temperature in a sentence

We’re definitely still muggy, with dew points around 70 degrees, adding about 5 degrees onto highs approaching 90 to create a higher apparent temperature to our bodies.
D.C.-area forecast: Scattered late-day storms, then a more pleasant start to the weekend|A. Camden Walker|July 9, 2021|Washington Post
That’s distinct from the heat index or the apparent temperature, though they’re all similar.
Wet bulb globe temperature is the vital weather stat you’ve never heard of|Sara Chodosh|June 30, 2021|Popular-Science
Zitterbart believes penguin huddles are so mathematically precise that the apparent temperature at which they transition into a huddle serves as an indirect measure of the penguins’ average fat content and energy reserves.
Math of the Penguins|Susan D'Agostino|August 17, 2020|Quanta Magazine
Not quite, but at one point the temperature registered 29 below zero, with 21 inches of snow.
Speed Read: The Juiciest Bits From the History of ‘Purple Rain’|Jennie Yabroff|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Residents of the neighborhoods where cops are needed the most are mixed on the impact of the apparent slowdown.
Ground Zero of the NYPD Slowdown|Batya Ungar-Sargon|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Neither is unnerved by her apparent anger, nor do they see her as threatening.
What Would Happen if I Got in White Cop’s Face?|Goldie Taylor|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Turn the heat down to 325°F and continue cooking until internal temperature reads 140°F on a thermometer.
Make Carla Hall’s Roasted Pork Loin With Cranberries|Carla Hall|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet according to Hamilton, “it was quickly apparent that other than pecuniary consolation would be acceptable.”
Should the U.S. Really Pay a Kim’s Ransom?|Kevin Bleyer|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He heard himself saying lightly, though with apparent lack of interest: 'How curious, Lettice, how very odd!
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
The heir apparent and his brothers were cowering in fear, afraid to strike, yet hoping that others would strike for them.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
The result of the restoration of trade, banking, and credit to earlier and more normal conditions has been steadily apparent.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
The apparent slightness of these English changes reveals their deliberate subtlety.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
Increase of hemoglobin, or hyperchromemia, is uncommon, and is probably more apparent than real.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

Scientific definitions for apparent temperature

apparent temperature

See heat index.