Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "humidex" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HUMIDEX

From humid + (in)dex.
info
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp
section

PRONUNCIATION OF HUMIDEX

humidex  [ˈhjuːmɪˌdɛks] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HUMIDEX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Humidex is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HUMIDEX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Humidex

The humidex is an index number used by Canadian meteorologists to describe how hot the weather feels to the average person, by combining the effect of heat and humidity. The humidex is a unit-less number based on the dew point, but it is equivalent to dry temperature in degrees Celsius. For example, if the temperature is 30 °C, and the calculated humidex is 40, then it indicates the humid heat feels approximately like a dry temperature of 40 °C. According to the Meteorological Service of Canada, a humidex of at least 30 causes "some discomfort", at least 40 causes "great discomfort" and above 45 is "dangerous". When the humidex hits 54, heat stroke is imminent. The current formula for determining the humidex was developed by J.M. Masterton and F.A. Richardson of Canada's Atmospheric Environment Service in 1979. Humidex differs from the heat index used in the United States in being derived from the dew point rather than the relative humidity. The record humidex in Canada occurred on July 14, 1961, when Castlegar, British Columbia recorded a humidex of 53.4. This value was almost beaten on July 25, 2007 when Carman, Manitoba hit 53.0.

Definition of humidex in the English dictionary

The definition of humidex in the dictionary is a scale indicating the levels of heat and humidity in current weather conditions.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HUMIDEX


Arimidex
ˌærɪmɪˈdɛks
Artex
ˈɑːtɛks
caudex
ˈkɔːdɛks
codex
ˈkəʊdɛks
complex
ˈkɒmplɛks
deindex
diːˈɪndɛks
dex
dɛks
ex
ɛks
flex
flɛks
forex
ˈfɒrɛks
index
ˈɪndɛks
latex
ˈleɪtɛks
reindex
riːˈɪndɛks
Rex
rɛks
Rolodex
ˈrəʊləˌdɛks
sex
sɛks
spandex
ˈspændɛks
specs
spɛks
subindex
sʌbˈɪndɛks
unisex
ˈjuːnɪˌsɛks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HUMIDEX

humic
humicole
humicolous
humid
humidification
humidified
humidifier
humidifies
humidify
humidistat
humidity
humidly
humidness
humidor
humification
humified
humifies
humify
humiliant
humiliate

WORDS THAT END LIKE HUMIDEX

body mass index
card index
card-index
colour index
consumer price index
cost-of-living index
cross-index
exposure index
fedex
FT-SE 100 Index
glycemic index
Hang Seng Index
Nikkei index
prices index
refractive index
retail price index
share index
subject index
thumb index
wholesale price index

Synonyms and antonyms of humidex in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «humidex» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF HUMIDEX

Find out the translation of humidex to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of humidex from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «humidex» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

湿热指数
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Humidex
570 millions of speakers

English

humidex
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

humidex
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

humidex
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

humidex
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

humidex
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

humidex
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

humidex
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Humidex
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Humidex
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

humidex
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

humidex
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Humidex
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

humidex
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

humidex
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हूमिडेक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

humidex
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

humidex
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Humidex
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

humidex
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

humidex
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

humidex
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

humidex
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Humidex
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

følt temp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of humidex

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HUMIDEX»

The term «humidex» is regularly used and occupies the 93.999 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
56
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «humidex» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of humidex
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «humidex».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HUMIDEX» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «humidex» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «humidex» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about humidex

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HUMIDEX»

Discover the use of humidex in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to humidex and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Encyclopedia of World Climatology
Table B4 Relation of Humidex with comfort Humidex Degree of discomfort 20–29 Comfortable 30–39 Varying degrees of discomfort 40–45 Almost everyone uncomfortable 46 and over Many types of labor must be restricted Source: Data ...
John E. Oliver, 2005
2
Advances in Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics
3 Left: Number of days with high thermal discomfort (humidex > 38 C) in the control period. Right: Changes in the number of days with high thermal discomfort (humidex > 38 C) between the future and the control period supply, and a growing ...
Costas G. Helmis, Panagiotis T. Nastos, 2012
3
Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and ...
An of 39, which would feel like a temperature of 39C under low humidity conditions. air temperature of 30C with a relative humidity of 60% produces a humidex value 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Relative Humidity (%) 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 ...
C. Donald Ahrens, Peter Lawrence Jackson, Christine E. J. Jackson, 2012
4
Intermediate Algebra
Find the time needed for the sample to contain 3 g of radium. For exercises 29— 30, Canadian meteorologists use the humidex to measure the combined effect of temperature and humidity. The humidex is calculated using the formula I I ...
Laura Bracken, Ed Miller, 2013
5
Experimental Methods and Instrumentation for Chemical Engineers
5.2.2 Humidex, Heat Index The sensation of heat is more pronounced when the humidity is high compared to a dry environment at the same dry-bulb temperature . Perspiration (sweat) cools the body when it evaporates. The evaporation rate ...
Gregory S Patience, 2013
6
Air Pollution XVIII
The bioclimatic indexes most commonly used in urban climate studies are the Humidex, the Discomfort Index (DI) of Thom, the Summer Simmer Index (SSI), the Apparent Temperature, etc. The Humidex combines the temperature and humidity ...
C. A. Brebbia, James W. S. Longhurst, 2010
7
Air Pollution XX
The Humidex was created by Masterton and Richardson [2] to quantify and include the degree of risk for the human body in the event of heat and excessive moisture. 5-10 Humidex=T +×e a 9 (2) ×H/100)         (3) (7.5×T /( 237.7+T ) ...
James W. S. Longhurst, C. A. Brebbia, 2012
8
Porth Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States
A high relative humidity retards heat loss through sweating and evaporation and decreases the body's cooling ability. The humidex is a measurement that combines the temperature and humidity to reflect the body's perceived temperature.
Charlotte Pooler, 2009
9
Outdoor Human Comfort and Its Assessment
The Humidex (Anderson, 1965) is an effective temperature, combining the temperature and humidity into one number to reflect the perceived temperature and to quantify human discomfort due to excessive heat and humidity (Masterton and ...
American Society of Civil Engineers
10
Don't Mess with Structural Engineers: Expanding Our Role : ...
For the KAUST campus, an initial analysis of the available meteorological data using the Humidex scale, suggested that conditions under high level of shading ( human exposed to 20% of the incident solar insolation) can be considered mostly  ...
Lawrence Griffis, Todd Helwig, Mark Waggoner, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HUMIDEX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term humidex is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Concerts: The gigs to see this week | Ottawa Citizen
On Friday, The Peptides will have everyone dancing no matter how high the humidex, 8:30 p.m., The Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield. Tickets: $12 ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jul 15»
2
Lawn bowlers prepare to host provincials - Brandon Sun
“We have, if not the same strategy as curling, just as much, but we don't have to sweep though, which is good when the humidex is 35.”. «Brandon Sun, Jul 15»
3
Doctors urge Montrealers to take caution during heat wave
On Monday, Environment Canada issued a weather alert for the Montreal and Laval areas warning of daytime humidex values hovering around ... «Globalnews.ca, Jul 15»
4
A hot, hazy — but clean — day in the national capital
The hottest July 13 on record came in 1995, when we reached a temperature (not a humidex figure) of 34.7. Tuesday's outlook: almost as hot. «Ottawa Citizen, Jul 15»
5
Winnipeg Goldeyes chasing strong second half after 3-2 win
Sunday afternoon, doing all they could to stay cool in the 39-degree humidex, 4,789 sun-drenched fans at Winnipeg's Shaw Park witnessed ... «MetroNews Canada, Jul 15»
6
Top six ways to stay cool in Kingston on a hot day
I always, always bring a sweater, even when it's 35 degrees with a 40 humidex outside. In the winter, I stay cozy in my super warm jacket when ... «www.kingstonregion.com/, Jul 15»
7
Heat warnings, thunderstorm watches issued across southern …
Humidex values are through the roof and will make it feel like 42 C in parts of the south. Heat warnings are in effect for Winnipeg, Dugald, ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
8
Toronto Star / Dale Brazao
... weather continues Sunday in Toronto with Environment Canada predicting mainly sunny skies and a high of 29 C (34 C with the humidex) in ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
9
Humidex values expected to hit 40 over weekend for parts of Manitoba
Environment Canada issued a special weather statement on Friday, with humidex values expected to hit 40 for much of southern Manitoba over ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
10
Keeping Cool In The Humidity
With the humidex expected to reach 40 this weekend, people will be doing everything they can to stay cool. Whether it's sitting in the shade, ... «CJOB, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Humidex [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/humidex>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z