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humidity

noun
/hjuːˈmɪd.ə.ti/UK/hjuˈmɪd.ə.ti/CA/hjʉːˈmɪd.ə.ti/

Etymology

From Middle English humidite, borrowed from Old French humidité, from Medieval Latin hūmiditās, from Latin ūmidus (“damp, moist, wet”). By surface analysis, humid + -ity.

  1. derived from ūmidus
  2. derived from hūmiditās
  3. derived from humidité
  4. inherited from humidite

Definitions

  1. Dampness, especially that of the air.

    • The high humidity made the air feel sticky and hot.

  2. The amount of water vapour in the air.

    • Plants in the greenhouse thrive in constant humidity.

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Derived

absolute humidity, antihumidity, humidex, humiture, paleohumidity, relative humidity, specific humidity, temperature-humidity index

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at humidity. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01humidity02dampness03moist04watery05diluted06added07add08elements09weather

A definitional loop anchored at humidity. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at humidity

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA