wet-bulb temperature

[ wet-buhlb tem-per-uh-cher, tem-per-cher, tem-puh-cher ]
nounMeteorology.

  1. the temperature measured by a wet-bulb thermometer, representing the ambient temperature lowered by the amount of evaporative cooling made possible by the humidity level. Abbreviation: WBT: Compare dry-bulb temperature.

Origin of wet-bulb temperature

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First recorded in 1830–40

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