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wet-bulb temperature

wet-bulb temperature is the alternative form of wet bulb temperature.

Meaning of wet bulb temperature

Noun

wet bulb temperature (countable and uncountable, plural wet bulb temperatures, abbreviation WBT)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    WBT

Forms of wet-bulb temperature

pluralwet-bulb temperatures

Questions about wet-bulb temperature

What is wet-bulb temperature the alternative form of?
Wet-bulb temperature is the alternative form of wet bulb temperature.

Words near wet-bulb temperature in the dictionary

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

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