WBT
WBT is the initialism of wet bulb temperature.
Meaning of wet bulb temperature
Noun
wet bulb temperature (countable and uncountable, plural wet bulb temperatures, abbreviation WBT)
- 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
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- WBT
Forms of WBT
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Questions about WBT
- What is WBT the initialism of?
- WBT is the initialism of wet bulb temperature.
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