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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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15 words match “HUMIDITY”

HUMIDITY n.
Moisture; dampness; a moderate degree of wetness, which is perceptible to the eye or touch; -- used especially of the atmosphere, or of anything which has absorbed moisture from the atmosphere, as clothing.
DAMP n.
Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor. Night . . . with black air Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom. Milton.
DAMPNESS n.
Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness.
DANK n.
Moisture; humidity; water. [Obs.]
DEW-POINT n.
The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere.
DRY a.
Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist. The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the season. Addison.
HUMIDNESS n.
Humidity.
HYGROGRAPH n.
An instrument for recording automatically the variations of the humidity of the atmosphere.
HYGROMETER n.
ives the dew-point, and this, compared with the reading of one in the air, determines the humidity.
HYGROMETRY n.
That branch of physics which relates to the determination of the humidity of bodies, particularly of the atmosphere, with the theory and use of the instruments constructed for this purpose.
SMECTITE n.
A hydrous silicate of alumina, of a greenish color, which, in certain states of humidity, appears transparent and almost gelatinous.
WATERINESS n.
The quality or state of being watery; moisture; humidity.
WEATHER MAP n.
h maps usually show the height of the barometer, the temperature of the air, the relative humidity, the state of the weather, and the direction and velocity of the wind. Isobars and isotherms outline the general distribution of temperature and pressure, while shaded areas indicate the sections over which rain has just…
WET n.
Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree. Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet. Chaucer. Now the sun, with more effectual beams, Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet From drooping plant. Milton.
WETNESS n.
The quality or state of being wet; moisture; humidity; as, the wetness of land; the wetness of a cloth.