Meaning of wet bulb temperature | Babel Free

Definitions

The temperature read by a thermometer covered in water-soaked (water at ambient temperature) cloth over which air is passed.

countable, uncountable

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Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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