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wet bulb temperatures

wet bulb temperatures is the plural 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
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    WBT

Questions about wet bulb temperatures

What is wet bulb temperatures the plural of?
Wet bulb temperatures is the plural of wet bulb temperature.

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