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wet-bulb

wet-bulb adjective: relating to wet-bulb temperature measurements.

Adjective

wet-bulb (not comparable)

  1. Relating to wet-bulb temperature measurements.
    • The wet-bulb temperatures in South Asia this spring have been called “unsurvivable.” But in a lot of coverage, the complexities and nuances of wet-bulb measures are lost, Huber said.2022 July 14, David Wallace-Wells, “The Mysteriously Low Death Toll of the Heat Waves in India and Pakistan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Phrases with wet-bulb

Questions about wet-bulb

What does wet-bulb mean?
Wet-bulb means relating to wet-bulb temperature measurements.
What part of speech is wet-bulb?
Wet-bulb is an adjective.

Words near wet-bulb in the dictionary

  1. wet-blanket
  2. wet-blanketed
  3. wet-blanketing
  4. wet-blanketry
  5. wet-blankets
  6. wet-bulb
  7. wet-bulb temperature
  8. wet-bulb temperatures
  9. wet-lab
  10. wet-labs
  11. wet-leasing

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