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Meaning of "relative humidity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Relative humidity 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 RELATIVE HUMIDITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

relative humidity

Relative humidity

Relative humidity is the ratio of the partial pressure of water vapor in an air-water mixture to the saturated vapor pressure of water at a prescribed temperature. The relative humidity of air depends on temperature and the pressure of the system of interest.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RELATIVE HUMIDITY

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relative atomic mass
relative biological effectiveness
relative clause
relative conjunction
relative density
relative frequency
relative major
relative major key
relative majority
relative minor
relative minor key
relative molecular mass
relative permeability
relative permittivity
relative probability
relative pronoun
relatively
relativeness

WORDS THAT END LIKE RELATIVE HUMIDITY

acidity
aridity
comorbidity
cupidity
fluidity
frigidity
humidity
hybridity
intrepidity
invalidity
liquidity
lividity
lucidity
morbidity
nudity
rapidity
rigidity
solidity
stupidity
turbidity
validity

Synonyms and antonyms of relative humidity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «relative humidity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY

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

Translator English - Chinese

相对湿度
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

humedad relativa
570 millions of speakers

English

relative humidity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सापेक्ष आर्द्रता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرطوبة النسبية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

относительная влажность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

umidade relativa do ar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আপেক্ষিক আদ্রতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

humidité relative
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kelembapan relatif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

relative Luftfeuchtigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

相対湿度
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상대 습도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Asor relatif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

độ ẩm tương đối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒப்பு ஈரப்பதம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सापेक्ष आर्द्रता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bağıl nem
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

umidità relativa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wilgotność względna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відносна вологість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

umiditate relativă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σχετική υγρασία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

relatiewe humiditeit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

relativ fuktighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

relativ fuktighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of relative humidity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RELATIVE HUMIDITY»

The term «relative humidity» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.242 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RELATIVE HUMIDITY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RELATIVE HUMIDITY»

Discover the use of relative humidity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to relative humidity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Effects of Temperature, Relative Humidity, and Air Flow on ...
Particulate air filters are used extensively in all types of buildings to capture aerosols.
Weihua Tang, 2008
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Dust Mites
As temperature increases, so does saturation vapour pressure, so at the same vapour pressure but higher temperature, relative humidity will be lower. This means that a relative humidity value does not indicate the moisture content of the air ...
Matthew Colloff, 2010
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Food Microbiology
3.3 EXTRINSIC FACTORS (ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITATIONS) 3.3.1 Relative Humidity It has already been seen in Section 3.2.5. that relative humidity and water activity are interrelated, thus relative humidity is essentially a measure of the ...
M. R. Adams, M. O. Moss, 2008
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Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Technology
For example, most occupants will not be comfortable at 80°F and a relative humidity of 50%. They will normally operate their system at about 75°F, and the relative humidity in the conditioned space will be close to 50%. The equipment will not ...
William C. Whitman, William M. Johnson, John A. Tomczyk, 2005
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Air, Water, and Weather
Now that we have a better picture of what temperature is, let's return to the concepts of humidity and relative humidity. The higher the temperature of the air, the more water vapor the air can hold. That makes sense because air molecules and ...
William C. Robertson, 2005
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Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and ...
FIGURE 4.18 The relative humidity drops to 8 percent when outside air, with air temperature and a dew point of –15C, is brought indoors without adding any water vapour to it and heated to a temperature of 20C. This places stress on the ...
C. Donald Ahrens, Peter Lawrence Jackson, Christine E. J. Jackson, 2012
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Camping & Wilderness Survival: The Ultimate Outdoors Book
The specific humidity of an air parcel does not change with temperature. " Absolute humidity"is the density of water vapor, expressed as grams per cubic meter of air. "Relative humidity" is discussed below. Related terms are "saturation , "which ...
Paul Tawrell, 2006
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An introduction to thermodynamics
10.58 Air enters a drier at 30°C with 20% relative humidity and leaves at 40°C with 60% relative humidity. Determine the flow rate of dry air at 1 atm. pressure if 10 kg/h of water is evaporated from the material in the drier. 10.59 Moist air at 1 ...
Y. V. C. Rao, 2004
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An Introduction to Environmental Biophysics: 2nd edition
Partial saturation can be expressed in terms of ambient vapor pressure or mole fraction, relative humidity, vapor deficit, dew point temperature, or wet bulb temperature. Ambient vapor pressure is simply the vapor pressure that exists in the air, ...
Gaylon S. Campbell, John M. Norman, 1998
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ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICS
Theoretic Evaluation of Mass, Size, Mean Density, and Mean Refractive Index as Functions of the Relative Humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 76 2.1 The Basic Equations for Thermodynamic Equilibrium between ...
Frenkiel, Jacques van Mieghem, 1976

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RELATIVE HUMIDITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term relative humidity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Extreme heat continues to create hazardous conditions
Heat and humidity will hit peak levels in the afternoon hours Monday. ... The heat index includes the influence of the actual air temperature and relative humidity. «KCCI Des Moines, Jul 15»
2
It's not “like 90% humidity” outside, but that doesn't mean it isn't muggy
Many times during the summer, you may hear someone say “there's like 90% humidity outside!”, but this simply isn't true. It's difficult for the relative humidity to ... «wtkr.com, Jul 15»
3
What is “Relative Humidity”?
Relative humidity”, in a gross over-simplification, is the amount of moisture present in the air compared to how much moisture COULD be present at a given ... «WNCT, Jul 15»
4
Applied physics Evaporation drives engine
The spores absorb and release water with changes in relative humidity, so the strips curl and straighten. The team stacked the strips and formed them into a ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
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Mouser offers Silicon Labs' Si70xx relative humidity and temperature …
Mouser Electronics is offering the Si70xx relative humidity and temperature sensors from Silicon Labs. Combining fully factory-calibrated humidity- and ... «The Engineer, Jun 15»
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Dew Point vs Relative Humidity
Even though we use the term "humid" to describe the outside air, relative humidity is actually a bad indication of how comfortable/uncomfortable the air is. «ABC2 News, May 15»
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Red flag warning for N.J. today means fires could spread quickly
Relative humidity will be between 20% and 30% this afternoon, the forecast says. In explaining the red flag warning, the service says it means "that critical fire ... «NJ.com, May 15»
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Dangerous fire weather this week across Arizona
Relative humidity is also expected to drop to as low as 5 percent. If these conditions develop, the Fire Weather Watch will likely be changed into a Red Flag ... «azcentral.com, Apr 15»
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Weather conditions ripe for wildfires
SAN DIEGO — Gusty Santa Ana winds, warm temperatures and low humidity in ... “A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures ... «fox5sandiego.com, Nov 14»
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It's the heat -- and the humidity
Heat index: Also known as the “feels-like” or “apparent temperature,” this measures how hot air feels to humans when the relative humidity is considered with the ... «Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Sep 14»

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