humiture

humiture
/hyooh"mi cheuhr, -choor'/ or, often, /yooh"-/, n.
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.
[HUMI(DITY) + (TEMPERA)TURE]

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Universalium. 2010.

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