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wet bulb

wet bulb noun: a wet-bulb heatwave. Also the ellipsis of wet bulb temperature.

Noun

wet bulb (plural wet bulbs)

  1. (informal) A wet-bulb heatwave.
    • This June, r/collapse was busy discussing the developing conflict between Iran and Israel, as well as “wet bulbs” (a far more humid and deadly type of heatwave), the millions of air conditioners being bought in India as temperatures rise and Trump’s plan to end Fema.2025 June 26, Sam Wolfson, “On r/collapse, people are ‘kept abreast of the latest doom’. Its moderators say it’s not for everyone”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Also used as

wet bulb is also the ellipsis of wet bulb temperature.

Forms of wet bulb

pluralwet bulbs

Questions about wet bulb

What does wet bulb mean?
Wet bulb means a wet-bulb heatwave.
What part of speech is wet bulb?
Wet bulb is a noun.
What is the plural of wet bulb?
The plural of wet bulb is wet bulbs.

Words near wet bulb in the dictionary

  1. wet boy
  2. wet boys
  3. wet brain
  4. wet break
  5. wet breaks
  6. wet bulb
  7. wet bulb temperature
  8. wet bulb temperatures
  9. wet bulbing
  10. wet bulbs
  11. wet cell

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