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humidity vs. dew point

[ hyoo-mid-i-tee or, often, yoo- ]
noun
  1. humid condition; moistness; dampness.
  2. relative humidity.
  3. an uncomfortably high amount of relative humidity: It's not the heat, it's the humidity that tires me out.
noun
  1. the temperature to which air must be cooled, at a given pressure and water-vapor content, for it to reach saturation; the temperature at which dew begins to form.

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