wet bulb temperature en · NOUN
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(countable, uncountable) The temperature read by a thermometer covered in water-soaked (water at ambient temperature) cloth over which air is passed.
And a wet-bulb temperature of 35 will kill humans, even if unclothed and in the shade; the combination of heat and humidity prevents sweating from dissipating heat, and death by hyperthermia soon results.
2020, Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN:Wet-bulb temperature (WBT) combines dry air temperature (as you’d see on a thermometer) with humidity – in essence, it is a measure of heat-stress conditions on humans.
2022 July 31, Jocelyn Timperley, “Why you need to worry about the ‘wet-bulb temperature’”, in The Guardian:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| WBT | Abbr=Yes | lexicographic | |
| wet-bulb temperature | alternative | lexicographic | |
| wet bulb temperatures | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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fi märkälämpötila (Translations) · ja 湿球温度 (Translations)