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

Word History and Origins

Origin of humiture¹

humi(dity) + (tempera)ture

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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